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 …

The ongoing demand for renewable energy has boosted the development of wind farms
worldwide. Given the impact these facilities have on flying species, a spatially explicit …

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

Anthropogenic mortality is a major cause of global mortality in terrestrial vertebrates.
Quantifying its impact on the dynamics of threatened species is essential to improve their …

The Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax is an iconic species and an indicator of healthy grassland
and farmland ecosystems. It formerly ranged almost continuously from north-western Africa …

The current development of renewable energy infrastructure (EI) can lead to an irreversible
loss of biodiversity, but negative impacts can be minimised through effective planning. As a …

Over the last two decades, monitoring of and research into the little bustard was carried out
mainly in western Europe, and has enabled the identification of important threats to the …

The conservation of bustards (Otididae) is a major global challenge. As large birds of open
grassland and dryland habitats, they are attractive to hunters, both animal and human, while …

European grassland birds are experiencing major population declines, mainly due to
changes in farmland management. We analyzed the role of habitat availability, grazing …

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 …