Bustards comprise a highly threatened family of birds and, being relatively fast, heavy fliers
with very limited frontal visual fields, are particularly susceptible to mortality at powerlines …

Grassland birds are among the most threatened and fastest declining terrestrial vertebrate
species in Europe, principally due to agricultural intensification and transformation. The little …

Agricultural intensification and the disappearance of fallow land have been identified as a
major driver of biodiversity loss in European farmland. In particular, the dramatic population …

Farmland biodiversity is declining worldwide, and especially in Western countries largely
owing to the large-scale intensification of agricultural practices. The Little Bustard Tetrax …

Abstract Context Species distribution models (SDMs) may provide accurate predictions of
species occurrence across space and time, being critical for effective conservation planning …

The designation of critical habitats is a conservation tool extensively used worldwide.
Although the effectiveness of this tool has been proved globally, its implementation in Spain …

The little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) is a steppe bird strongly and negatively influenced by
agricultural intensification in Europe. Here, we use the little bustard as a model species to …

Desde el siglo XVII, el regadío se apunta como una solución para asentar población en el
Alentejo debido al aumento de la producción agrícola y la consecuente reforma agraria. Sin …

Species response to land use can be examined under a functional perspective, where
habitats are described according to species´ resource dependencies. Distribution or …

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is fundamental to mitigate the
effects of global climate change. Renewable power capacity is increasing globally, and solar …