Manuela G. Forero

TL;DR: Sex and age differences in diet, as revealed by stable isotopes, may be the consequence of individual morphology (sexual size dimorphism) and re- productive constraints imposed by chick development since growing young require more nutritive prey than adults and yearlings.

TL;DR: Factors affecting individual variation in between-year territory change and dispersal distance were measured in a long-term study of Black Kites living in and around Donana National Park in southern Spain.

TL;DR: The causes of breeding dispersal in the lesser kestrel, a species that breeds in colonies of variable size as well as solitarily, support some degree of conspecific attraction.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied habitat use by the Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni ), a globally vulnerable spe- cies, in a Spanish pseudo-steppe (Los Monegros) where traditional agro-grazing systems are still being prac- ticed, and compared the results with those of another Spanish pseudo steppe where modern and intensive agriculture has been implemented.

TL;DR: Patterns of dispersal in this population of Black Kites are probably driven by intraspecific competition, and males that dispersed shorter distances showed higher lifetime reproductive success (LRS), while females that dispersed farther mated with more experienced males.