Vincent Bretagnolle

TL;DR: Overall, extremely low genetic diversity and differentiation was observed among eight little bustard populations distributed in Spain and France, consistent with a model of evolution and genetic consequences of Pleistocene cycles with low between-population genetic differentiation as a result of short-term isolation periods during interglacials and long-term exchange during glacial periods.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a 21-year survey of the nesting ecology of this elusive species, analyzing 157 breeding attempts, the largest data set ever collated for this species.

TL;DR: Studying the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax, a bird with an exploded lek mating system, it is identified phenotypic traits that correlated with male attractiveness toward females, i.e. body condition, lek attendance, ornamental symmetry and display rates.

TL;DR: DNA fingerprinting using microsatellites revealed consistent levels of genetic differentiation among populations in Cory's Shearwater, but analyzed the two subspecies separately revealed that the pattern of genetic variation among populations did not support the model of isolation by distance.

TL;DR: The results suggest that cognitive strategies might have evolved as a response to the prey spatial distribution and that prey spatial aggregation, not only prey global density, should be considered an important component of the functional response.