Avian long-distance migration requires refined programming to orchestrate the birds'
movements on annual temporal and continental spatial scales. Programming is particularly …

Birds have been using anthropogenic materials for nest construction for the past few
decades. However, there is a trade-off between the use of new nesting material, which is …

In recent years, behavior-related endpoints have been proposed as rapid and reliable
ecotoxicological tools for risk assessment. In particular, the use of detritivores to test the …

The use of landfills as foraging areas by white storks (Ciconia ciconia) is a recent well-
known behaviour. While several studies have highlighted positive effects at a populational …

Choosing an appropriate nest site is essential for successful breeding. Changes in land use
cause populations of many species to decline although some species adapt to …

Migration can be an energetically costly behavior with strong fitness consequences in terms
of mortality and reproduction. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Migrants should select migratory …

Bird migratory journeys are often long and hostile, requiring high energetic expenditure, and
thus forcing birds to pause between migratory flights. Stopover sites allow migrants to …

Billions of migrating birds travel between their breeding and over-wintering areas twice a
year, encountering various environmental conditions along their migration routes. Wind is of …

Biological invasions are a major threat to natural systems, as well as to human wellbeing
and livelihoods. An association of alien plant species with dump sites has received limited …

Few contingent valuation surveys have studied whether households in one country would
be influenced by information on how citizens in another country invest in the same project …