Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 2 abstract At a site in eastern England, wire mesh cages were placed over little ringed plover Charadrius dubiusnests to protect their eggs from predation. The adult birds continued incubating their eggs and no nestdesertions were attributed to cage placement. Protection with cages resulted in an increase inproductivity, […]
Ageing and sexing the curonicus subspeciesof the Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 3 abstract Data presented here concern the curonicus subspecies of the Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius and are based mainly on information from Central Europe and Africa gathered duringthe breeding, migration and wintering periods. Therefore these criteria should be applied to other Little Ringed Plover subspecies or curonicus […]
Ageing and sexing the curonicus subspeciesof the Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 3 abstract Data presented here concern the curonicus subspecies of the Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius and are based mainly on information from Central Europe and Africa gathered duringthe breeding, migration and wintering periods. Therefore these criteria should be applied to other Little Ringed Plover subspecies or curonicus […]
Effects of habitat loss on perceived and actual abundance of the Little Owl Athene noctua in eastern Spain.
Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 1 abstract […]. The aims of this study are: (1) to reveal habitat-abundance relationship between the traditional agro-pastoral complex of the coast of Alicante and the Little Owl over a decade and (2) to test whether habitat loss can modify Little Owl detectability. […]. Martinez, J. A. & Zuberogoitia, […]
Effects of habitat loss on perceived and actual abundance of the Little Owl Athene noctua in eastern Spain.
Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 1 abstract […]. The aims of this study are: (1) to reveal habitat-abundance relationship between the traditional agro-pastoral complex of the coast of Alicante and the Little Owl over a decade and (2) to test whether habitat loss can modify Little Owl detectability. […]. Martinez, J. A. & Zuberogoitia, […]
Factors affecting the prevalence of blood parasites of Little Owls Athene noctua in southern Portugal
Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 4 abstract We studied the relationships between occurrence of blood parasites and host traits in a wild population of Little Owls Athene noctua inMediterranean habitats of southern Portugal. Of 39 owls captured between February andAugust 1999, 16 (41.0%)were infected with Leucocytozoon ziemanni. One individual was infected with Trypanosoma sp. […]
The monitoring of Little Owl Athene noctuain Chelm (SE Poland) in 1998-2000
Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 2 abstract For many years in parts of Europe, LittleOwl Athene noctua populations havedeclined, sometimes to extinction (Manez1994, Genot et al. 1997). Little Owl hasalso disappeared from territories inPoland, particularly in the west where asharp population decline has been recordedin agricultural landscapes and cities(Tomialojc 1990, Dyrcz et al. 1991,Jermaczek […]
The monitoring of Little Owl Athene noctuain Chelm (SE Poland) in 1998-2000
Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 2 abstract For many years in parts of Europe, LittleOwl Athene noctua populations havedeclined, sometimes to extinction (Manez1994, Genot et al. 1997). Little Owl hasalso disappeared from territories inPoland, particularly in the west where asharp population decline has been recordedin agricultural landscapes and cities(Tomialojc 1990, Dyrcz et al. 1991,Jermaczek […]
Occupancy and abundance of Little Owl (Athene noctua) in an intensively managed forest area in Biscay
Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 3 abstract We censused a population of Little Owls in Biscay (North Iberian Peninsula) using playback calls.We modelled their distribution using Geographic Information System (GIS), extracting data on land use and landscape composition in occupied and unoccupied areas at two different scales. Little Owl presence and habitat selectionweremainly governed […]
Spatial patterns in at-sea behaviour during spring migration by little gulls( Larus minutus) in the southeastern North Sea
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) Science Article 1 abstract At-sea distribution of seabirds has been studied on different scales and with different focus in many parts of the world. However, factors and/or processes causing certain patterns are often not easily explained. This also holds true for fast migrating species of international conservation concern, such as the […]