Migratory connectivity in Arctic geese: spring stopovers are the weak links in meeting targets for breeding

RH Drent, G Eichhorn, A Flagstad, AJ Van der Graaf… - Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Linking spring migratory itineraries of individual Arctic-breeding geese to their eventual
breeding success has provided evidence that accumulation of body stores (protein, fat) at …

An overview of wetlands of Saudi Arabia: Values, threats, and perspectives

S Al-Obaid, B Samraoui, J Thomas, HA El-Serehy… - Ambio, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The wetlands of Saudi Arabia are located in a water-stressed region that is highly
vulnerable to climate and other global changes. Sebkhas, mudflats, mangroves, and wadis …

A framework for monitoring the status of populations: an example from wader populations in the East Asian–Australasian flyway

T Amano, T Székely, K Koyama, H Amano… - Biological …, 2010 - Elsevier
The loss of biodiversity is an ongoing problem and it is essential that a framework is
established for revealing the status, identifying threats and monitoring future changes of …

The expansion wave of an invasive predator leaves declining waterbird populations behind

M Brzeziński, M Żmihorski, M Nieoczym… - Diversity and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Theory predicts that the evolutionary adaptations of prey to reduce predator pressure
often fail in confrontation with non‐native predators; thus, their predation usually leads to …

The importance of hunting pressure, habitat preference and life history for population trends of breeding waterbirds in Finland

H Pöysä, J Rintala, A Lehikoinen… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Populations of migratory species have undergone dramatic changes in recent decades, but
little is known about the factors actually driving those changes. Of particular concern are …

Victims and vectors: highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and the ecology of wild birds

JY Takekawa, DJ Prosser, SH Newman… - Avian Biology …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses has raised concerns
about the role of wild birds in the spread and persistence of the disease. In 2005, an …

Unraveling the importance of rice fields for waterbird populations in Europe

GM Toral, J Figuerola - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2010 - Springer
Rice fields are an alternative habitat for waterbirds and provide food and shelter for many
avian species, but there is a lack of information about how the use of rice fields translates …

Spatio-temporal movement patterns and habitat choice of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and racoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) along the Wadden Sea coast

P Schwemmer, S Weiel, S Garthe - European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2021 - Springer
Wetlands such as the World Heritage Site in the Wadden Sea include important habitats for
breeding waterbirds. Its saltmarshes and adjacent conservation polders are used by …

World system, anthropogenic, and ecological threats to bird and mammal species: a structural equation analysis of biodiversity loss

LA McKinney, EL Kick… - Organization & …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Biodiversity is essential for human well-being, the functioning of ecosystems, and the
sustained flow of benefits from ecosystems to individuals and societies. An important …

Taxonomic and geographic bias in conservation biology research: a systematic review of wildfowl demography studies

BEI Roberts, WE Harris, GM Hilton, SJ Marsden - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Demographic data are important to wildlife managers to gauge population health, to allow
populations to be utilised sustainably, and to inform conservation efforts. We analysed …