Titre : | Bird Study 57(2) - 2010 |
Type de document : | Bulletin |
Paru le : | 01/04/2010 |
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Article
Nicholas I. Wilkinson, Auteur ;
Jeremy D. Wilson, Auteur
Capsule Twite nested close to and exploited rich seed sources on machair, and had high breeding productivity relative to other studies of Carduelis finches. Aims To test whether Twite nesting distribution, breeding phenology and success, foragin[...]
Article
Sarah M. Eglington, Auteur ;
Sarah E. Davis, Auteur ;
Andrew C. Joys, Auteur ;
Dan E. Chamberlain, Auteur ;
David G. Noble, Auteur
Capsule Including observer effects in population models is unlikely to improve population trend estimates. Aims We test the hypothesis that the observer's experience has a significant effect on the detection of birds, and subsequently impacts on[...]
Article
Will Miles, Auteur ;
Sarah Money, Auteur ;
Richard Luxmoore, Auteur ;
Robert W. Furness, Auteur
Capsule When moonlight levels are low, shearwaters and storm-petrels are attracted to artificial lighting at night at St Kilda and may be killed, but impacts are lessened by deliberate light reduction measures. Aims To determine the scale and im[...]
Article
Jiri Reif, Auteur ;
Frédéric Jiguet, Auteur ;
Karel Šťastný, Auteur
Capsule Expert-based classification of bird species as habitat specialists and as generalists agrees with objective measures of species' habitat requirements based on large-scale monitoring data. Aims To compare habitat specialization of 137 com[...]
Article
Philip J. Baker, Auteur ;
Rebecca L. Thomas, Auteur ;
Stuart E. Newson, Auteur ;
Victoria Thompson, Auteur ;
Nick R. D. Paling, Auteur
Capsule Different urban breeding bird communities are associated with different habitat types, but, although community species diversity varies significantly, total bird density does not. Aims To investigate the association between breeding bird[...]
Article
Grzegorz Orlowski, Auteur
Capsule The number of territories of birds nesting in abandoned crop fields was most strongly positively affected by field size and the presence of a railway embankment. Aims To assess the influence of different habitat features on the number of[...]
Article
Stavros M. Xirouchakis, Auteur
Capsule While breeding dates were similar to those of populations in other Mediterranean regions, there is evidence of either a low carrying capacity or insular traits, and the population seems to experience a bottleneck period during the chick-[...]
Article
Matthew Stevens, Auteur ;
Danae Sheehan, Auteur ;
Jared Wilson, Auteur ;
Graeme Buchanan, Auteur ;
Will Cresswell, Auteur
Capsule Two widespread censuses of already degraded woodland in the Sahel in Northern Nigeria separated by five years (2002 and 2007) showed relatively small further changes in tree and bird density. Aims To determine how change in tree density [...]
Article
Will Miles, Auteur ;
Sarah Money, Auteur ;
Richard Luxmoore, Auteur ;
Robert W. Furness, Auteur
Capsule When moonlight levels are low, shearwaters and storm-petrels are attracted to artificial lighting at night at St Kilda and may be killed, but impacts are lessened by deliberate light reduction measures. Aims To determine the scale and im[...]
Article
Saâd Hanane, Auteur ;
Jihen Boukhriss, Auteur ;
Slaheddine Selmi, Auteur
Capsule Rocky platforms provide better nesting conditions than sandy beaches. Aim To investigate the breeding ecology of Collared Pratincoles Glareola pratincola in two different coastal Atlantic habitats in northwest Morocco. Methods Collared P[...]
Article
Sergi Herrando, Auteur ;
Francesc Llimona, Auteur ;
Lluis Brotons, Auteur ;
Javier Quesada, Auteur
Capsule Following recent introduction in Spain, Red-billed Leiothrix have the potential to attain a wide distribution in Catalonia and probably in other parts of Europe. Aim To investigate past, present and potential distribution of this exotic [...]