Technological advances in recent years have seen an explosion of tracking and stable
isotope studies of seabirds, often involving repeated measures from the same individuals …

Background Generalist predators may vary their diet and use of habitat according to both
internal state (eg breeding stage) and external (eg weather) factors. Lesser black-backed …

Urban-dwelling species present feeding and behavioural innovation that enable them to
adjust to anthropogenic food subsidies available in cities. In 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus …

Some opportunistic vertebrates exploit, and may largely rely upon, food generated by
human activities. Better understanding the influence of this additional anthropogenic food on …

Our understanding of demographic processes is mainly based on analyses of traits from the
adult component of populations. Early‐life demographic traits are poorly known mainly for …

Coastal seabirds serve as sentinels of ecosystem health due to their vulnerability to
contamination from human activities. However, our understanding on how contaminant …

Fisheries produce large quantities of discards, an important resource for scavenging
seabirds. However, a policy reform banning discards, which is soon to be implemented …

Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella spp. are the two most frequent zoonotic bacteria
involved in human enteric infections in the European Union. Both enteropathogens have …

Current fishing extraction methods often generate huge quantities of dead or dying biomass
that is returned to the sea in the form of discards. This practice produces a readily available …

Understanding how marine ecosystems are structured and how they function is a scientific
challenge. Nowadays, to learn about ecosystem trophic dynamics ecologists use two …