A5078958772- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
Tel Aviv University
2024
Senologic Hellenic Society
2016-2024
Lithuanian Ornithological Society
2020
Summary Illegal killing/taking of birds is a growing concern across the Mediterranean. However, there are few quantitative data on species and countries involved. We assessed numbers individual each killed/taken illegally in Mediterranean country per year, using diverse range sources incorporating expert knowledge. estimated that 11–36 million individuals year may be region, many them migration. In Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon Syria, more than two average year. For such as Blackcap Sylvia...
Timing and spatial distribution patterns of migratory birds are crucial for their conservation, particularly in Greece, which serves as a vital corridor between Europe, Asia, Africa. Traditional monitoring methods face challenges due to resource limitations the country’s complex geography. This study aimed determine migration phenology 18 species raptors soaring Greece using citizen science data from eBird, analyzed with generalized additive models (GAMs). We processed 15,940 checklists...
Flying over the open sea is energetically costly for terrestrial birds. Despite this, over-water journeys of many birds, sometimes hundreds kilometres long, are uncovered by bio-logging technology. To understand how these birds afford their flights sea, we investigated role atmospheric conditions, specifically wind and uplift, in subsidizing flight at a global scale. We first established that ΔT, temperature difference between surface air, meaningful proxy uplift water. Using this proxy,...
Conservation of migratory species faces the challenge understanding ecological requirements individuals living in two geographically separated regions. In some cases, entire population widely distributed congregates at relatively small wintering areas and hence, these become a priority for species' conservation. Satellite telemetry allows fine tracking animal movements distribution those less known, often remote areas. Through integrating satellite GPS data from five populations comprising...
Unsustainable fossil fuel emissions have prompted a global shift towards renewable energy sources, such as wind. This has led to strong expansion of wind power generation infrastructures, often conflicting with biodiversity conservation. Relatively large flying animals, birds and bats, frequently been reported collide turbines, resulting in casualties that can depress population size lead local extinctions. Migratory species move across continents through their year-round displacements may...
Summary Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae is a migratory raptor, well-known for its delayed breeding period. Owing to great mobility, current information on distribution pattern during the pre-breeding period rather sporadic, mainly based field observations and only one telemetry study. Likewise, species’ ranging activity has not been thoroughly investigated due methodological limitations of approaches implemented in previous studies, again amounting two studies recent years. In this study...
Abstract Flying over the open sea is energetically costly for terrestrial birds. Despite this, over-water journeys of many birds, sometimes hundreds kilometers long, are uncovered by bio-logging technology. To understand how these birds afford their flights sea, we investigated role atmospheric conditions, specifically wind and uplift, in subsidizing flight at global scale. We first established that Δ T , temperature difference between surface air, a meaningful proxy uplift water. Using this...
The open sea is considered an ecological barrier to terrestrial bird movement. However, over-water journeys of many birds, sometimes hundreds kilometers long, are being uncovered by bio-logging technology. To understand how these birds afford their flights over the sea, we investigated role atmospheric conditions in subsidizing sea-crossing behavior at global scale. By analyzing forty years temperature data, show that spatio-temporal patterns migratory correspond favorable uplift conditions....
Eleonora’s Falcon is well known for its delayed breeding season among European raptors, however, relatively prolonged pre-breeding period remains to date largely understudied. In this study, we compiled information on the species’ behaviour based data from systematic field surveys investigate activity patterns of falcons during in an area that holds one largest colonies across range, namely island Antikythira southern edge Aegean Sea. According our findings, large islands hosting may also...