Summary 1 Models for predicting the distribution of organisms from environmental data are
widespread in ecology and conservation biology. Their performance is invariably evaluated …

Summary 1 After an absence of almost 100 years, the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx is slowly
recovering in Germany along the German–Czech border. Additionally, many reintroduction …

Habitat preference of eagle owls Bubo bubo were examined through comparing habitat
composition around 51 occupied cliffs and 36 non‐occupied cliffs in Alicante (E Spain). We …

Summary 1 Human disturbance of wildlife is widely considered to be a serious conservation
problem. However, despite many qualitative studies, little attempt has been made to assess …

Black kites (Milvus migrans) are vulnerable and in decline within Europe. Here, we
investigate selection of foraging and breeding habitat in a high-priority population in the …

Summary 1 Abiotic environmental predictors and broad‐scale vegetation have been used
widely to model the regional distributions of faunal species within forested regions of …

1. Piecemeal changes in land use might have cumulative effects on regional biodiversity.
However, this hypothesis is difficult to test experimentally at the scales involved, so …

The Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus) is a globally endangered species,
vulnerable in Europe and endangered in Greece. We modelled its nesting preferences in …

1. Around 10% of recent papers in the Journal of Applied Ecology have examined
interactions between birds and agriculture. This statistic reveals the important role now …

The effects of urban sprawl and the associated road network on patterns of land use by
diurnal raptors were assessed in a extent mosaic landscape of Sierra de Guadarrama …