population dynamics Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

The rise of the greater white-fronted goose

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-07-15T13:38:40+00:0015 Jul 2021|agriculture, climate change, population dynamics, sustainable hunting|

What factors explain the recent population increase in North America?

Citizen science reveals targets for conservation actions

By Catriona Morrison|2021-05-11T09:29:20+00:0017 May 2021|citizen science, Conservation, humid-zone, migrant, Migration, population dynamics, populations, productivity, survival|

Could improving breeding ground conditions help prevent further declines in African-Eurasian migrant bird species?

A tale of two Twites

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-15T12:44:30+00:009 Apr 2020|bird movements, distribution, Farmland birds, Migration, News, overwintering, population dynamics, ringing|

Do British and Scandinavian Twite populations mix during migration?

Decline of the cuckoo

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-15T12:45:32+00:0012 Mar 2020|Breeding, Conservation, Cuckoos, distribution, habitat selection, News, population dynamics, wetlands|

What factors are responsible for decrease in Cuckoo numbers across the UK?

The social lives of Pheasants

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-15T17:11:25+00:0031 Oct 2019|behaviour, captive-bred, experiment, Galliformes, population dynamics|

Experimental study finds sexual segregation in time and space.

Bad news for the Stone-curlew

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-10-08T10:52:34+00:003 Oct 2019|adult survival, agriculture, Breeding, Conservation, Farmland birds, nest monitoring, News, population dynamics|

Intensified agriculture contributes to population decline in France

#ORNITHOLODAY | 3 July 2019

By Dr Nicola Hemmings|2020-12-15T17:49:46+00:0023 Jun 2019|eggs, endangered, oology, population dynamics, population recovery, populations, Science, threatened species|

The implications of egg failure for threatened bird species

The perks of being a mainland species on an oceanic island

By Julio C. Gallardo|2020-12-16T14:52:35+00:0022 Apr 2019|island birds, islands, population dynamics, raptors, tropical birds|

What does seasonal population matrix modelling reveal for the Red‐tailed Hawk in Puerto Rico?

Comparing shorebird survival across the globe

By Verónica Méndez|2021-03-25T21:29:40+00:008 Mar 2018|bird movements, breeding biology, citizen science, colour ringing/banding, ecology, IBIS, Migration, monitoring, movements, population dynamics, shorebirds, survival, tracking, waders|

High adult annual survival rate is critical to population stability, but how do shorebird survival rates vary around the world?

The heat is on for British birds

By James Pearce-Higgins|2021-04-22T13:04:59+00:006 Dec 2017|biodiversity, bird communities, bird movements, Bird Protection, Breeding, Breeding Bird Survey, climate change, distribution, ecology, habitat, Migration, monitoring, Nest Record Scheme, News, phenology, population dynamics, survey, Wetland Bird Survey|

What is the evidence for climate change? How will UK bird communities adapt?