Wild animals are used in scientific research in a wide variety of contexts both in situ and ex
situ. Guidelines for best practice, where they exist, are not always clearly linked to animal …

When species face extinction, captive breeding may be appropriate. However, captive
breeding may be unsuccessful, while reducing motivation and resources for in situ …

The Little Bustard has undergone a steep reduction of its Western Palaearctic range over the
last century. In the west of France, breeding populations declined by 96% from 1978 to 2008 …

Animals may perceive humans as a form of predatory threat, a disturbance, triggering
behavioral changes together with the activation of physiological stress responses. These …

Locating and monitoring animals using tracking devices is a method commonly used for
many taxa to study characteristics such as home‐range size, habitat selection, movement …

The Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax (Linnaeus, 1758) is a medium-sized,'Near Threatened'steppe
bird, whose Iberian population has been alarmingly declining over recent decades …

The use of DNA data is ubiquitous across animal sciences. DNA may be obtained from an
organism for a myriad of reasons including identification and distinction between cryptic …

Collisions between birds and overhead power lines are an important cause of human-
induced mortality. Map** collision risk is an important prerequisite to minimise the …

Most species-climate models relate range margins to long-term mean climate but lack
mechanistic understanding of the ecological or demographic processes underlying the …

Heat stress is a risk for birds exposed to high ambient temperatures, especially for those that
live in open environments with limited protection from direct sun radiation. This makes them …