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Large population decline of the song thrush in Britain
15 januari 2010There has been a large population decline of the song thrush Turdus philomelos in Britain during the last three decades,…AkkervogelsSignificant effects of grazing intensity on the abundance of grassland birds
13 januari 2010We compared bird communities of paired extensively and intensively grazed cattle pastures in three different regions of the Hungarian Great…WeidevogelsBlack-tailed Godwit population in steep decline in Western Europe while rapidly increasing in Iceland
13 januari 2010In recent decades, the West European population of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa (located mainly in the Netherlands) has declined at…Weidevogels
Bats Boom on Organic Farms, Study Says
11 januari 2010John Pickrell in England for National Geographic News February 2, 2004 Bat activity may be up to 60 percent greater…Vleermuizen
Bat populations declining at alarming rates worldwide
11 januari 2010In the last few decades bat populations have been declining at alarming rates worldwide. Bats remain the most endangered land…Vleermuizen
Behind Mass Die-Offs, Pesticides Lurk as Culprit
11 januari 2010BY SONIA SHAH For decades, toxicologists have accrued a range of evidence showing that low-level pesticide exposure impairs immune function…Bijen
Reproductive success of house sparrows along an urban gradient
11 januari 2010Recent large declines in house sparrow Passer domesticus populations in many European towns and cities have generated much speculation as…Stadsvogels
Increased use of insecticides and declining bird species in Essex
9 januari 2010The Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), the Skylark (Alauda arvensis), the Song Trush (Turdus philomelos), the Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) and…Akkervogels
Swifts are declining rapidly across the UK
9 januari 2010Swift Apus apus numbers have declined by 47% in the UK in the last ten years. And for the first…Stadsvogels
Aerial invertebrate abundance and foraging barn swallows over pasture fields
9 januari 2010Aerial invertebrate abundance over pasture fields in lowland mixed farmland in southern Britain was more than double that over silage,…Overige insectenHabitat selection in the last Swiss Ortolan Bunting population: final lessons before extinction
6 januari 2010The Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana has suffered a general decline across much of Western Europe in recent decades. In Switzerland,…AkkervogelsCorn bunting abundance lowest in intensively managed farmlands
5 januari 2010Breeding and wintering abundance of corn buntings Miliaria calandra in an agricultural landscape of Alentejo (southern Portugal) was assessed in…Akkervogels
Long term study shows massive corn bunting declines in Britain
5 januari 2010Corn buntings Miliaria calandra have declined by a staggering 83% over the past twenty years, according to a new study…AkkervogelsDecline to probable extinction of the corn bunting in the Republic of Ireland
5 januari 2010The corn bunting Miliaria calandra has undergone severe population decline in the Republic of Ireland and other western European countries.…AkkervogelsCorn bunting thrives with mixed agriculture but is rare on arable farmland
5 januari 2010Corn buntings Miliaria calandra were abundant throughout arable agricultural landscapes in Europe, but have catastrophically declined since the mid 1970s…Akkervogels
The causes of the decline of the urban House Sparrow population in Britain
4 januari 2010By Kate E. Vincent, Ph.D. In Britain and parts of northwest Europe, House Sparrow Passer domesticus populations have declined markedly…Stadsvogels
Decline of the corn bunting in Britain
4 januari 2010Nick Brickle reports on a project to investigate the effect of agricultural intensification on corn buntings Miliaria calandra. The main…Akkervogels
Butterflies are disappearing at an alarming rate from Europe’s grasslands
4 januari 2010Grasslands form a major part of the European landscape and are the main habitat for many butterfly species. The decline…Vlinders
Indirect effects of pesticides on farmland birds
11 december 2009Indirect effects of pesticides, operating through the food chain, have been proposed as a possible causal factor in the decline…Akkervogels
Indirect effects of pesticides on breeding yellowhammer
9 december 2009Intensification of agriculture is believed to have caused declines in farmland bird populations. One of the key elements of recent…Akkervogels
Suppression of soil-active arthropods by repeated yearly imidacloprid applications
8 december 2009A study was conducted over 3 years on an experimental home lawn to detect, measure and contrast the effects of…Overige insecten
The drive to squeeze ever more food from the land has sent Europe’s farmland wildlife into a precipitous decline
4 december 2009We estimate that, in the past 20 years, ten million breeding individuals of ten species of farmland birds have disappeared…Akkervogels
The Plight of Farmland Birds
3 december 2009Britain's farmland birds have suffered alarming declines over the last twenty-five years. It would appear that their decrease in numbers…Akkervogels
Farmland bird decline and pesticides
2 december 2009Sixty percent of Europe's bird species live on farmland. Insecticides are killing invertebrates (insects, beetles, spiders) - an important source…Akkervogels
