The decline of Afro-Palaearctic migrants and an assessment of potential causes

There is compelling evidence that Afro‐Palaearctic (A‐P) migrant bird populations have declined in Europe in recent decades, often to a greater degree than resident or short‐distance migrants. There appear to have been two phases of decline. The first in the 1960s–1970s, and in some cases into the e...

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Published in:	Ibis (London, England) Vol. 156; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
Main Authors:	Vickery, Juliet A., Ewing, Steven R., Smith, Ken W., Pain, Deborah J., Bairlein, Franz, Škorpilová, Jana, Gregory, Richard D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2014 Blackwell
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal breeding Animal populations Animal reproduction Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Anthropogenic factors Autoecology Aves Biological and medical sciences Bird migration Bird populations Birds breeding and wintering grounds Climatic conditions Demography Distribution patterns drivers of change Drought Environmental degradation Farming systems Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Habitat changes Habitat utilization Habitats Land management migration Migratory birds population trends Remote sensing staging sites Tropical environments Vertebrata Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution Woodlands Europe Guinea Africa Palearctic Region Vertebrata Migratory Aves
ISSN:	0019-1019, 1474-919X
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