From the red grouse to the Ethiopian bush-crow, bird populations around the world can
provide us with vital insights into the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems …

Cereal fields are central to balancing food production and environmental health in the face
of climate change. Within them, invertebrates provide key ecosystem services. Using 42 …

Periodic reviews of the status of biodiversity are widely recognised as an important step in
conservation prioritysetting, and are used in many parts of the world. The concept of a 'traffic …

Context Climate change is a severe threat to biodiversity. Areas with a high variety of
microclimates may provide opportunities for species to persist in a changing climate …

Abstract The Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) has experienced dramatic population declines in
central Europe over past decades. To support evidence-based conservation strategies, we …

The W hinchat S axicola r ubetra is an A fro‐P alaearctic migrant undergoing widespread
population decline. W hinchats winter in W est A frica but there are almost no data on their …

European farmland birds show massive large‐scale population declines due to agricultural
intensification. Long‐distance migrants are particularly affected as their populations appear …

Capsule Apparent survival rates of Whinchats breeding in abandoned fields differ in relation
to prior breeding success, probably indicating that site fidelity depends on prior nesting …

When one or several classes are much less prevalent than another class (unbalanced data),
class error rates and variable importances of the machine learning algorithm random forest …

Modern, intensive grassland management has led to strong declines in ground‐nesting
grassland birds, and is now increasingly threatening the last remaining strongholds of the …