The impact of increasing vertebrate predator numbers on bird populations is widely debated
among the general public, game managers and conservationists across Europe. However …

Exclusion fencing is a common tool used to mitigate a variety of unwanted economic losses
caused by problematic wildlife. While the potential for agricultural, ecological and economic …

Farmland birds are among the most threatened bird species in Europe, largely as a result of
agricultural intensification which has driven widespread biodiversity losses. Breeding …

Effective conservation of endangered species requires a solid understanding of the
demographic causes of population change. Bird populations breeding on agricultural …

Despite the protective measures that have been implemented to increase the productivity of
meadow birds, populations are still declining in most breeding and wintering areas. We …

Invasions by alien pest species contribute heavily to global biodiversity decline, with
invasive mammals having some of the greatest impacts on endemic biota. Pest …

Wet grassland populations of wading birds in the United Kingdom have declined severely
since 1990. To help mitigate these declines, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has …

The nests of ground‐nesting birds rely heavily on camouflage for their survival, and
predation risk, often linked to ecological changes from human activity, is a major source of …

Poor reproductive success driven by nest and chick predation severely limits the population
recovery of waders breeding on lowland wet grassland. Managing predation requires …

Targeted management actions to boost key demographic rates can help to restore rare and
localized populations but are increasingly required to stabilize or reverse declines of …