Food transport in Reptilia: a comparative viewpoint

V Bels, G Le Floch, F Kirchhoff… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Reptilia exploit a large diversity of food resources from plant materials to living mobile prey.
They are among the first tetrapods that needed to drink to maintain their water homeostasis …

Sea-level rise causes shorebird population collapse before habitats drown

M van de Pol, LD Bailey, M Frauendorf… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Sea-level rise will lead to widespread habitat loss if warming exceeds 2° C, threatening
coastal wildlife globally. Reductions in coastal habitat quality are also expected but their …

Measuring habitat quality for waterbirds: A review

R Mott, TAA Prowse, MV Jackson… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying habitat quality is dependent on measuring a site's relative contribution to
population growth rate. This is challenging for studies of waterbirds, whose high mobility can …

The hidden cost of disturbance: Eurasian Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) avoid a disturbed roost site during the tourist season

HJ van der Kolk, BJ Ens, K Oosterbeek, E Jongejans… - Ibis, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Disturbance may impact individual birds and ultimately bird populations. If animals avoid
disturbed sites this may prevent them from being disturbed directly but may also negatively …

Internal and maternal distribution of persistent organic pollutants in sea turtle tissues: A meta-analysis

CC Muñoz, AJ Hendriks, AMJ Ragas… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
We aimed to identify patterns in the internal distribution of persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) and assess contributing factors using sea turtles and their offspring as a case study …

[HTML][HTML] Connecting foraging and roosting areas reveals how food stocks explain shorebird numbers

W Bakker, BJ Ens, A Dokter, HJ van der Kolk… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Shorebird populations, especially those feeding on shellfish, have strongly declined in
recent decades and identifying the drivers of these declines is important for conservation …

[HTML][HTML] An evaluation of machine learning classifiers for next-generation, continuous-ethogram smart trackers

H Yu, J Deng, R Nathan, M Kröschel, S Pekarsky… - Movement Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Background Our understanding of movement patterns and behaviours of wildlife has
advanced greatly through the use of improved tracking technologies, including application of …

Horizontal prey distribution determines the foraging performance of short‐and long‐billed waders in virtual resource landscapes

E Deboelpaep, S Pint, N Koedam, T Van der Stocken… - Ibis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
When waders gather in mixed‐species flocks to feed on benthic prey, differences in
morphological traits, foraging strategies and prey selection may allow different species to …

Nocturnal foraging lifts time constraints in winter for migratory geese but hardly speeds up fueling

TK Lameris, AM Dokter, HP van der Jeugd… - Behavioral …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Climate warming advances the optimal timing of breeding for many animals. For migrants to
start breeding earlier, a concurrent advancement of migration is required, including …

Spatiotemporal variation in disturbance impacts derived from simultaneous tracking of aircraft and shorebirds

HJ van der Kolk, AM Allen, BJ Ens… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Assessing the impacts of disturbance over large areas and long time periods is crucial for
nature management, but also challenging since impacts depend on both wildlife responses …