According to the ideal despotic distribution (IDD), dominant individuals gain a fitness
advantage by acquiring territories that are of higher quality, thereby forcing other individuals …

Several Darwin's finch populations on the Galapagos Islands are declining and/or locally
extinct. Acoustic surveys provide useful information about population size, but do not provide …

Classical models predict that male fitness is based on resources monopolized and invested
in reproduction, and/or on individual quality providing offspring with sexually attractive traits …

In evolutionary studies, blood parasites in avian populations are commonly used as a model
of host–parasite interactions. The effect of mixed infections on avian hosts has recently …

Despite the semi-arid to arid nature of its climate, Morocco is exposed, like all the
Mediterranean countries to inundations, which can be very damaging for public and private …

Partial harvesting of forest stands has been shown to cause significant changes in the
density of many bird species. However, the behavioral response of individuals to alteration …

At their range limits, animal populations are often small and endangered. Moreover, they
may use habitats in different ways than core populations, making the determination of …

During nine years of study, we detected a mechanism corresponding to site dependence
operating in a population of the sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus inhabiting a …

All natural processes are dynamic in space and time. Establishing the links between
spatiotemporal patterns and ecological processes is critical for improving our understanding …

We conducted an analysis of relationships between results of survey on breeding
community of birds, including species richness, abundance of individual species and …