Beatriz Arroyo

TL;DR: Overall, intensification and specialisation of arable and grassland systems is likely to have reduced the availability of key invertebrate and seed foods for birds, however, there is also evidence that reversal of intensification, especially in arable systems can result in rapid recovery of these resources.

TL;DR: The few existing studies indicate that, under certain conditions, raptor predation may limit gamebird populations and reduce gamebird harvests, but there is an urgent need to develop further studies, particularly in southern Europe, to determine the functional and numerical responses of raptors to gamebirds in species and environments other than those already evaluated in existing studies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used multicriteria analysis to evaluate the perspectives of two groups of stakeholders, grouse managers and raptor conservationists, and the acceptability to them of different management solutions to this conflict.

TL;DR: The Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) is a ground-nesting raptor that breeds mainly in cereal crops in western Europe, and the use of agricultural habitats may affect population sustainability in this species, based on simulation analyses.

TL;DR: The mating system of the little bustard seems to match the general (and extended) definition of leks, at least in some populations, but limits between resource defence polygyny and extreme exploded or resource-based leks are thin and unclear, and the little Bustard is a good example of how lek definitions may be difficult to apply in non clear-cut empirical situations.