Transmission and distribution electricity grids are expanding rapidly worldwide, with
significant negative impacts on biodiversity and, in particular, on birds. We performed a …

Bustards comprise a highly threatened family of birds and, being relatively fast, heavy fliers
with very limited frontal visual fields, are particularly susceptible to mortality at powerlines …

Dogs are the world's most common and widespread carnivores and are nearly ubiquitous
across the globe. The vast majority of these dogs, whether owned or un-owned, pure-bred or …

Human-induced environmental change currently represents the single greatest threat to
global biodiversity. Species are typically adapted to the local environmental conditions in …

Forests are popular locations for outdoor recreation and there is considerable evidence
highlighting the positive social impacts of these activities. There is also a body of research …

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

Background Collision with electric power lines is a conservation problem for many bird
species. Although the implementation of flight diverters is rapidly increasing, few well …

Great Bustards Otis tarda have expanded their habitat range from historical occupancy of
natural steppes to arable farmland, where the species initially benefited from favourable …

The mere presence of a predator in an environment can affect prey in subtle, sublethal,
indirect, yet apparently deleterious ways (Preisser et al., 2005; Zanette et al., 2011). The …

Over the last two decades, monitoring of and research into the little bustard was carried out
mainly in western Europe, and has enabled the identification of important threats to the …