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Migration shapes senescence in a long-lived bird Open

Hugo Cayuela, Sébastien Roques, Antoine Arnaud, Christophe Germain, Arnaud Béchet , et al. · 2025

Each year, billions of animals migrate across the globe on diverse spatial and temporal scales. Migration behavior thus plays a fundamental role in the life cycle and Darwinian fitness of many organisms. While the influence of migration on…

Defining optimal small woody features and water densities to maximize European turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur) occurrence in French agricultural landscapes Open

Yuping Ren, Karine Princé, Pierrick Bocher, Jocelyn Champagnon, Olivier Duriez , et al. · 2025

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Do older parents do better? Relationships between parental age, chick body condition and migratory behaviour in a colonial‐breeding waterbird Open

Hugo R. S. Ferreira, Jocelyn Champagnon, Thierry Blanchon, Tamar Lok, José A. Alves · 2025

Animals' performance of basic functional behaviours, such as foraging and movement, may improve with age as a result of past experiences. In migratory birds, for example, due to earlier or more efficient migration, older and likely more ex…

Persistent lead poisoning of waterfowl in the Camargue (southern France) 10 years after the ban on the use of lead ammunition in wetlands Open

Arnaud Béchet, Anthony Olivier, François Cavallo, Lou Sauvajon, Jocelyn Champagnon , et al. · 2025

Lead pollution is a worldwide environmental and health issue causing persistent detrimental effects on humans and wildlife. Despite having been identified as detrimental to waterfowl a century ago, in France lead shotgun pellets for huntin…

Crossing the Sahara by small jumps: the complete migration of the Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Open

Frédéric Jiguet, Jocelyn Champagnon, Olivier Duriez, Christophe de Franceschi, Stéphan Tillo , et al. · 2025

We analyzed data retrieved from six multi-sensor loggers deployed on adult Western Orphean Warblers Curruca hortensis in France, to unravel the migration strategy of the species. Individuals followed a mostly direct, straight-line route to…

Presence and potential impact of anthropogenic nesting materials on a colonial breeding waterbird Open

Hugo R. S. Ferreira, Ana C Hadden, Jocelyn Champagnon, Tamar Lok, Marion Vittecoq , et al. · 2025

Despite the vital importance of wetlands globally, these habitats have increasingly received anthropogenic materials, such as plastics, which can impact the wildlife these habitats support. Despite commonly found in the nests of Eurasian s…

<i>Eoldist</i>, a Web Application for Estimating Cautionary Detection Distance of Birds by Automatic Detection Systems to Reduce Collisions With Wind Turbines Open

Julie Fluhr, Olivier Duriez, Constance Blary, Thierry Chambert, Bettina Almasi , et al. · 2025

The installation of automatic detection systems (ADSs) on operating wind energy facilities is a mitigation measure to reduce bird collisions. The effectiveness of an ADS depends on a combination of parameters, including the detection dista…

Role of protected areas for a colonial-breeding waterbird in a fragmented landscape throughout its annual cycle Open

Hugo R. S. Ferreira, José A. Alves, Frédéric Jiguet, Olivier Duriez, Thierry Blanchon , et al. · 2024

Context Throughout their annual cycle and life stages, animals depend on a variety of habitats to meet their vital needs. However, habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation are making it increasingly difficult for mobile species such as…

Crossing strategies of ecological barriers are affected by wing morphology and plumage colour in small migratory birds Open

Paul Dufour, Raphaël Nussbaumer, Pierrick Bocher, Martins Briedis, Yannig Coulomb , et al. · 2024

The recent development of tracking technologies has revealed remarkable diel flight altitude changes over the Sahara Desert in small migratory bird species. However, the drivers and the traits that explain these crossing strategies remain …

Assessing exposure to wind turbines of a migratory raptor through its annual life cycle across continents Open

Giacomo Assandri, Gaia Bazzi, Ana Bermejo, Anastasios Bounas, Enrico Calvario , et al. · 2024

Relationship between wintering site and survival in a migratory waterbird using different migration routes Open

Hugo R. S. Ferreira, Jocelyn Champagnon, José A. Alves, Tamar Lok · 2024

Lead in the head: persistent lead poisoning of waterfowl in the Camargue (southern France) ten years after the ban on the use of lead shot in wetlands Open

Arnaud Béchet, Anthony Olivier, François Cavallo, Lou Sauvajon, Jocelyn Champagnon , et al. · 2024

Lead pollution remains a worldwide environmental and health issue with persistent detrimental effects on human and wildlife. Despite having been identified as an issue for wildlife a long time ago, the use of lead shot for hunting in wetla…

Differential colour-ring loss among Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) colonies and its consequence on survival estimates Open

Anastasios Bounas, Giorgos Catsadorakis, Dionyssia Hatzilacou, Theodoros Naziridis, Jocelyn Champagnon , et al. · 2024

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Silent domestication of wildlife in the Anthropocene: The mallard as a case study Open

Jocelyn Champagnon, Johan Elmberg, Matthieu Guillemain, Philip Lavretsky, Robert G. Clark , et al. · 2023

La Grue cendrée en France : migration et hivernage: saison 2022-2023 Open

Aurélien Deschatres, Jocelyn Champagnon, Collectif Grus Gascogna, Réserve d'Arjuzanx, Sébastien Merle , et al. · 2023

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Influence of changes in local environmental variables on the distribution and abundance dynamics of wintering Teal Anas crecca Open

David Vallecillo, Matthieu Guillemain, Colin Bouchard, Sébastien Roques, Jocelyn Champagnon · 2023

Planning from scratch: A new modelling approach for designing protected areas in remote, data‐poor regions Open

Delphine Ducros, Rodolphe Devillers, Antoine Messager, Marie Suet, Abakar Saleh Wachoum , et al. · 2023

Human pressure on ecosystems has strongly increased over the last decades and now impacts even the most remote regions. To help mitigate these impacts, it is crucial to designate protected areas in regions that retain a high level of ecolo…

Relationship between wintering site and survival in a migratory waterbird using different migration routes Open

Hugo R. S. Ferreira, Jocelyn Champagnon, José A. Alves, Tamar Lok · 2023

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Relationship between wintering site and survival in a migratory waterbird using different migration routes Open

Hugo R. S. Ferreira, Jocelyn Champagnon, José A. Alves, Tamar Lok · 2023

CMR data for: Exploring the relationship between wintering site and survival in a migratory waterbird using different migration routes Shortcuts for E-surge usage.

The first resighting of a Montenegro – ringed Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus in Bulgaria Open

Andrej Vizi, Svilen Cheshmedzhiev, Jocelyn Champagnon, Alain J. Crivellì · 2023

Evaluation of the distance sampling technique to monitor gregarious species: A simulation exercise Open

Arthur Jacquemin, David Vallecillo, Matthieu Guillemain, Pierre Defos du Rau, Jocelyn Champagnon · 2022

Wildlife count data are used to provide estimates of population abundance. To quantify changes in the size of populations, it is necessary to determine the precision of abundance estimates. Ground or aerial survey methods are often intende…

Is hunting nonintentionally selective? A test using game bird capture‐dead recoveries Open

Emilienne Grzegorczyk, Léa Bézier, Kévin Le Rest, Alain Caizergues, Charlotte Francesiaz , et al. · 2022

Selective hunting has various impacts that need to be considered for the conservation and management of harvested populations. The consequences of selective harvest have mostly been studied in trophy hunting and fishing, where selection of…

Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa Open

Jethro Gauld, João Paulo Silva, Philip W. Atkinson, Paul Record, Marta Acácio , et al. · 2022

Wind turbines and power lines can cause bird mortality due to collision or electrocution. The biodiversity impacts of energy infrastructure (EI) can be minimised through effective landscape‐scale planning and mitigation. The identification…

Assessing spatiotemporal variation in abundance: A flexible framework accounting for sampling bias with an application to common pochard (<i>Aythya ferina</i>) Open

Benjamin Folliot, Alain Caizergues, Adrien Tableau, Guillaume Souchay, Matthieu Guillemain , et al. · 2022

Assessing trends in the relative abundance of populations is a key yet complex issue for management and conservation. This is a major aim of many large‐scale censusing schemes such as the International Waterbird Count (IWC). However, owing…

Accounting for detection probability with overestimation by integrating double monitoring programs over 40 years Open

David Vallecillo, Matthieu Guillemain, Matthieu Authier, Colin Bouchard, Damien Cohez , et al. · 2022

In the context of wildlife population declines, increasing computer power over the last 20 years allowed wildlife managers to apply advanced statistical techniques that has improved population size estimates. However, respecting the assump…

Consequences of shortened hunting seasons by the Birds Directive on late winter teal Anas crecca abundance in France Open

Matthieu Guillemain, David Vallecillo, Emilienne Grzegorczyk, Jean‐Baptiste Mouronval, Michel Gauthier‐Clerc , et al. · 2021

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The future for Mediterranean wetlands: 50 key issues and 50 important conservation research questions Open

Nigel G. Taylor, Patrick Grillas, Hazem Al Hreisha, Özge Balkız, Maud Borie , et al. · 2021

UNLABELLED: Wetlands are critically important for biodiversity and human wellbeing, but face a range of challenges. This is especially true in the Mediterranean region, where wetlands support endemic and threatened species and remain integ…

Avis du Comité d’Experts sur la Gestion Adaptative (CEGA) sur l’application Chass’Adapt en date du 11 mars 2021 Open

Patrick Duncan, Aurélien Besnard, Jean-Pierre Arnauduc, Elisabeth Bro, Jocelyn Champagnon , et al. · 2021

Avis du Comité d'Experts sur la Gestion Adaptative (CEGA) sur l'application Chass'Adapt en date du 11 mars 2021 Cet avis fait suite à une demande du Ministère de la Transition Ecologique. Après délibération lors de la séance du 11 mars 202…

Reliability of animal counts and implications for the interpretation of trends Open

David Vallecillo, Michel Gauthier‐Clerc, Matthieu Guillemain, Marion Vittecoq, Philippe Vandewalle , et al. · 2021

Population time series analysis is an integral part of conservation biology in the current context of global changes. To quantify changes in population size, wildlife counts only provide estimates because of various sources of error. When …

When survival matters: is decreasing survival underlying the decline of common pochard in western Europe? Open

Benjamin Folliot, Guillaume Souchay, Jocelyn Champagnon, Matthieu Guillemain, Maurice E. Durham , et al. · 2020

In western Europe, common pochard populations have experienced a sharp decline over the last two decades, together with an increasing proportion of males. Both of these changes were suggested to result from decreasing survival of nesting f…

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