Abstract “Conservation-reliant species”–those fully dependent on continued management
actions–are booming and, with limited conservation budgets, securing funds to sustain their …

Evidence-based conservation relies on reliable and relevant evidence. Practitioners often
prefer locally relevant studies whose results are more likely to be transferable to the context …

Long-term studies on the impacts of global change on reproduction are rare, even though
reproductive output can respond more quickly than species' abundances or distributions. We …

Artificial devices are increasingly used in conservation measures to mitigate the
disappearance of natural habitats. However, few studies have demonstrated their benefits …

Background Changes and increased mechanisation of agricultural practices have
influenced the biodiversity composition of farmland habitats and caused a decline of bird …

Nest boxes are used to manage populations of tree-cavity dependent birds and mammals.
Concerns have been raised that due to their poor insulative properties nest boxes may …

Nest boxes are often used to monitor animals, and it is common practice to relocate nest
boxes from unproductive sites into presumably better habitat. This relocation of nest boxes …

The European Roller (Coracias garrulus), a long-distance migratory bird, faced a
considerable decline in breeding pairs throughout Europe at the end of the 20th century …

Life-history theory predicts that animals should develop adaptive trade-offs between survival
and reproduction to maximize their fitness. This results in a continuum of life-history …

Capsule: The distribution range of the European Roller Coracias garrulus has undergone
large changes over geological times, but although the species is warm-adapted, the human …