A trophic mass-balance model was developed to characterise the food web structure and
functioning of the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea and to quantify the ecosystem impacts …

Seabirds comprise about 328 species in four orders, the Spenisciformes (penguins; 17
species in one family), Procellariiformes (albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, diving petrels …

Compared to other animal movements, prospecting by adult individuals for a future breeding
site is commonly overlooked. Prospecting influences the decision of where to breed and has …

Background Recursive movement patterns have been used to detect behavioral structure
within individual movement trajectories in the context of foraging ecology, home-ranging …

It is often assumed that conservation actions targeting a threatened community (eg habitat
protection) will result in similar benefits for all species. However, complex interactions …

Merging patterns and processes about the way individuals should be distributed in a habitat
is a key issue in the framework of spatial ecology. Here the despotic distribution of …

The habitat selection and breeding performance of Yellow‐legged Gulls Larus cachinnans
were studied in the Medes Islands colony, northeastern Spain, during 1995 and 1996. Of the …

The use of drones in the study of waterbird breeding biology has received considerable
attention in the last years, but very few studies were made along the Mediterranean. We …

Behavioral research has long had an important role in the conservation of terns (Aves:
Sternidae). Habitat management and restoration of breeding colony sites depends on …

Differential traits (eg, feeding at different heights in trees) have evolved to allow the
coexistence of putative competitors; such traits have been well studied in small passerines …