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Leukocyte profile variation in Dupont’s Lark (Chersophilus duponti) in Spain and Morocco
Stress in birds has been widely studied through the measurement of heterophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (H/L ratio). In this study we aimed to assess for...
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Dupont’s Lark males start to sing earlier but reduce song rate on full moon dawns
Moon phase affects the ecology and behaviour of animals and may thus affect both circadian and circannual rhythms. Its influence on nocturnal and...
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The Changing Status of Steppe-Land Birds in the Lleida Plain of Catalonia
The Lleida plain is a flat and dry region in Western Catalonia (NE Spain), at the eastern edge of the Ebro Valley depression. The central part of the...
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Landscape features associated to wind farms increase mammalian predator abundance and ground-nest predation
Wind farm implementation is a rapidly growing source of landscape transformation that may alter ecological processes such as predator–prey...
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Selective effect of winter weather on a songbird’s morphology depends on individual sex and winter condition
Knowledge of the effect of harsh weather on the phenotypic traits of organisms is essential for understanding the environmental influence on...
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Returning home after fire: how fire may help us manage the persistence of scrub-steppe specialist bird populations
Semi-natural open habitats have drastically changed in the last few decades due to agricultural intensification and rural depopulation. Steppe-birds,...
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Sowing enriched pastures for extensive livestock enhances the abundance of birds and arthropods in Mediterranean grasslands
A great number of farmland wildlife species has shown a sharp population decline in European countries, mainly caused by changes in agricultural...
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Guess who? Evaluating individual acoustic monitoring for males and females of the Tawny Pipit, a migratory passerine bird with a simple song
Individual acoustic monitoring (IAM), based on the analysis of vocal cues, is particularly suitable for the identification and tracking of birds with...
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Effects of temperature and season on birds’ dawn singing behavior in a forest of eastern China
Birds’ dawn chorus is a daily period of high song output, which mainly occurs during the breeding season. Monitoring such chorus may provide...
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Monitoring the annual vocal activity of two enigmatic nocturnal Neotropical birds: the Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) and the Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
Potoos ( Nyctibius spp.) are nocturnal Neotropical canopy-dwelling birds, making them one of the most enigmatic and least known avian families. The...
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Morphological variation in the specialist Dupont’s Lark Chersophilus duponti: geographical clines vs. local ecological determinants
Intraspecific geographic variation in morphology is common in animals along geographic or climatic clines. Local ecological factors are likely to act...
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Habitat fragmentation effects and variations in repertoire size and degree of song sharing among close Dupont’s Lark Chersophilus duponti populations
We describe the song type repertoire variation and degree of song sharing in three isolated and declining Dupont’s Lark ( Chersophilus duponti )...
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Microgeographic call variation in a non-learning species, the Corncrake (Crex crex)
Microgeographic variation in bird song has been studied in many species. However, it remains to be more fully described in birds that do not learn...
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Harnessing learning biases is essential for applying social learning in conservation
Social learning can influence how animals respond to anthropogenic changes in the environment, determining whether animals survive novel threats and...
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Patterns of Vegetation Cover Sha** the Cultural Landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula
This chapter analyzes the current vegetation cover models in the Iberian Peninsula, based on a systematic approach that recognizes the interaction...
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Can synchronizing feather-based measures of corticosterone and stable isotopes help us better understand habitat–physiology relationships?
Physiological mechanisms link the environment with population dynamics, and glucocorticoid hormones are of particular interest because they respond...
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Soundscape and Landscape Ecology
The soundscape is defined as the entire sonic energy produced by a landscape and is the result of the overlap of three distinct sonic sources:...
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From inter-specific behavioural interactions to species distribution patterns along gradients of habitat heterogeneity
The strength of the behavioural processes associated with competitor coexistence may vary when different physical environments, and their biotic...
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Isolation and characterization of twenty polymorphic microsatellite markers for the endangered Dupont′s lark (Chersophilus duponti) and cross-amplification in crested lark (Galerida cristata) and thekla lark (Galerida theklae)
We developed twenty microsatellite markers for the Dupont′s lark ( Chersophilus duponti ), one of the most endangered European bird species, and tested...
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Silvopastoral Systems in the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula: A Multifunctional Perspective
This paper aims to analyse the present situation of silvopastoral systems in the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula and to foresee the role that...