The populations of many species of farmland bird declined greatly across Europe during the
last quarter of the twentieth century, indicating severe damage to the continent's biodiversity …

Birds of prey have been, in comparison to other avian groups, an uncommon study model,
mainly due to the limitations imposed by their conservative life strategy (low population …

Mediterranean ecosystems are rich in wildlife species and habitats. In the last decades
human pressure is increasing in lowland and coastal areas, while mountainous and island …

Agricultural land abandonment, widespread in the Mediterranean, is leading to a recovery of
scrubland and forests which are replacing open habitats and increasing wildfire events …

Population growth and human development result in biodiversity loss and biological
homogenization not only in developed countries, but increasingly in the less developed …

Summary 1 Predictive models of species' distributions are used increasingly in ecological
studies investigating features as varied as biodiversity, habitat selection and interspecific …

Teasing out how species respond to human-induced environmental changes has become a
priority for addressing the challenges posed by the need to conserve biodiversity. Although …

Invasive species can take advantage of resources unexploited by natives (opportunism
hypothesis) or they can exploit the same resources but more aggressively or efficiently …

Studies of the effects of habitat fragmentation have been heavily biased toward population
and community questions, with less attention on the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation …

Summary 1 The role of individual experience vs. the use of conspecific cues on breeding
dispersal decisions have seldom been determined in colonial birds. We studied causes of …