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Populations of large grazing birds have increased in Europe during the past five decades, raising conflicts between conservation and farming interests...
Read moreGrazing can significantly impact spatial heterogeneity and conservation value of ecosystems. Earlier work revealed that overgrazing may stimulate pers...
Read moreDiet selection studies of two wild species (Bison bison and Antilocapra americana) and domestic cattle and sheep were used to compare the ecological r...
Read morePiecemeal changes in land use might have cumulative effects on regional biodiversity. However, this hypothesis is difficult to test experimentally at ...
Read moreSpatial variation in species composition (β-diversity) is an important component of farmland biodiversity, which together with local richness (α-diver...
Read moreHabitat structure is a major determinant of bird species diversity. One process by which habitat structure is altered is livestock grazing, the most e...
Read moreThe effects of anthropogenic disturbance upon the stability of wildlife communities depend on the heterogeneity and connectivity of habitat remnants o...
Read moreSalt marsh habitats support about 50% of the population of redshank breeding in Britain. Between 1985 and 1996, breeding densities declined by 23%. Th...
Read moreIn large-scale field surveys, a binary recording of each species' detection or nondetection has been increasingly adopted for its simplicity and low c...
Read moreOver 20% of the world's tropical forests have been selectively logged, and large expanses are allocated for future timber extraction. Reduced-impact l...
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