Habitat use in ducks breeding in boreal freshwater wetlands: a review

S Holopainen, C Arzel, L Dessborn, J Elmberg… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Breeding habitats strongly influence duck reproduction and survival. The boreal biome
harbours a large share of the world's wetlands, which are important breeding sites for …

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 …

How to integrate remotely sensed data and biodiversity for ecosystem assessments at landscape scale

P Vihervaara, L Mononen, AP Auvinen, R Virkkala… - Landscape …, 2015 - Springer
Context Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning underpins the delivery of all ecosystem
services and should be accounted for in all decision-making related to the use of natural …

Seeking explanations for recent changes in abundance of wintering Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) in northwest Europe

AD Fox, L Dalby, TK Christensen, S Nagy, TJS Balsby… - Ornis Fennica, 2016 - pure.au.dk
We analysed annual changes in abundance of Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) derived
from mid-winter International Waterbird Census data throughout its northwest European …

Factors influencing species-richness of breeding waterbirds in Moroccan IBA and Ramsar wetlands: a macroecological approach

SI Cherkaoui, S Hanane, N Magri, MA El Agbani… - Wetlands, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Since 2005, Morocco has designated 28 Important Bird Areas (IBA) and Ramsar
wetlands for waterbirds, yet little is known about how waterbird communities are changing …

Effects of flyway‐wide weather conditions and breeding habitat on the breeding abundance of migratory boreal waterbirds

D Pavón‐Jordán, A Santangeli… - Journal of avian …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic habitat loss and climate change are among the major threats to biodiversity.
Bioclimatic zones such as the boreal and arctic regions are undergoing rapid environmental …

Compensating freshwater habitat loss—duck productivity and food resources in man-made wetlands

M Čehovská, S Kattainen, VM Väänänen… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The number of wetlands in Europe decreased by more than 60% by the 1990s compared
with the beginning of the twentieth century. Man-made wetlands may be an effective way to …

[HTML][HTML] Does predation pressure drive heronry birds to nest in the urban landscape?

R Roshnath, K Athira, PA Sinu - Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2019 - Elsevier
Predation is an important selective force that determines breeding success in all animals.
Animals adopt a range of antipredatory strategies to overcome predation pressure in the …

Sustainable management of migratory European ducks: finding model species

S Holopainen, C Arzel, J Elmberg, AD Fox… - Wildlife …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Eurasian migratory duck species represent a natural resource shared between European
countries. As is evident throughout human harvest history, lack of coordinated management …

Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus L.) as a keystone species in the lake bird community in primary forest-mire-lake ecosystem

A Leito, M Leivits, A Leivits, J Raet, R Ward… - Baltic …, 2016 - research.brighton.ac.uk
Within animal communities the loss of a single keystone species can lead to substantial
change, or in extreme cases, community collapse. This phenomenon has been documented …