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The juvenile dispersal distances of the Spanish imperial eagle

The distribution of juvenile dispersal distances of a territorial long-lived species with deferred maturity, the Spanish imperial eagle, was investigated. A reintroduction program was used as an...

The role of different factors in the invasion success of current avian introductions

Understanding factors driving successful invasions is one of the cornerstones of invasion biology. Bird invasions have been frequently used as study models, and the foundation of current knowledge...

Parasite biodiversity faces extinction and redistribution in a changing climate

Climate change is a well-documented driver of both wildlife extinction and disease emergence, but the negative impacts of climate change on parasite diversity are undocumented. This study compiled...

The seed disperser role of macaws

Seed dispersal is one of the most studied plant-animal mutualisms. It has been proposed that the dispersal of many large-seeded plants from Neotropical forests was primarily conducted by extinct...

A father effect explains sex-ratio bias

Sex ratio allocation has important fitness consequences, and theory predicts that parents should adjust offspring sex ratio in cases where the fitness returns of producing male and female offspring...