breeding success Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Why do shrikes store prey?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-01T09:59:15+00:005 Oct 2023|breeding success, diet, fledglings, nest monitoring, nestling provisioning, parental care|

Red-backed Shrikes with larders have nestlings in better condition.

Critically Endangered vulture shows resilience

By Zoey Greenberg|2023-10-12T10:44:41+00:0025 Sep 2023|Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Breeding, breeding success, Conservation, global change, monitoring, protected areas, vultures|

Eleven years of successful nesting suggest protective measures work

Breeding ecology of a critically endangered macaw

By Tom Lewis|2023-09-04T19:00:52+00:004 Sep 2023|birds of conservation concern, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, Conservation, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting, Psittaciformes, urbanization|

Combining nest-site selection and reproductive success to inform conservation

How does weather affect songbirds?

By Michael McCloy|2023-08-01T11:11:32+00:007 Aug 2023|avian biology, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, passerines|

Analysing avian body condition across the southeastern United States

Body condition and reproduction in declining diving ducks

By Dorota Gajdošová|2023-05-01T14:50:17+00:001 May 2023|avian biology, breeding biology, breeding success, colour ringing/banding, eggs, fieldwork, IBIS, incubation, nesting success, parasitism, physiology, population dynamics, population structure, waterbirds|

Increased body condition affects duck egg mass and hatchability

Europe-wide demography of Eurasian Curlew

By Duarte Viana|2023-03-24T12:50:30+00:0030 Mar 2023|Breeding, breeding success, demography, ecology, IBIS, nest predation, population dynamics, population structure, populations, waders, waterbirds|

Are population size trends consistent with available demographic data?

Is successive remating beneficial for short-lived birds?

By Esteban Botero-Delgadillo|2023-02-08T13:43:27+00:0016 Feb 2023|behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, ecology, fieldwork, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nesting success, pair-bond, passerines, population dynamics, population structure, tropical birds|

Mate replacement versus mate retention in the Thorn-tailed Rayadito

Worried about the Greenland White-fronted Goose

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-02-04T11:34:43+00:009 Feb 2023|adult survival, agriculture, annual cycle, Bayesian modelling, breeding success, hunting pressure, Migration, overwintering, population dynamics, ringing, waterbirds|

Why has this goose population declined since 2000?

Can nest reuse be risky?

By Thomas Mérő|2023-01-23T10:42:19+00:0023 Jan 2023|annual cycle, behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, brood parasitism, cavity nesting, fieldwork, fledglings, natural history, nest predation, nesting, nesting success, parasites, parasitism, passerines|

Rare observations of nest-reuse in an open-cup nesting European passerine

Understanding the Success of the Scops Owl

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-10-28T11:49:20+00:003 Nov 2022|adult survival, agriculture, birds of prey, breeding success, demography, Farmland birds, habitat degradation, migration stopover, monitoring, overwintering, survival|

What factors determine population growth on a French island?