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Study analyzes the effect of roads, fences and passages on wildlife connectivity in a protected area

Researchers at the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC analyzed the combined effect of multiple linear infrastructures which represent a barrier to movement for fauna in Doñana. Connectivy was affected by the use of fences but it is improved by the addition of wildlife road-crossing structures.

The amazing nomadic lifestyle of the short-eared owl

Travel far, breed abundantly and die young... Although it may sound like a hedonistic and rock-n-roll lifestyle, a new international study has revealed that this is how short-eared owls live

This highlights the need to plan conservation measures for this species on scales larger than previously considered.

Iberian lynx hybridized with Eurasian lynx over the last few thousand years

A study led by the Doñana Biological Station has concluded that the Iberian lynx would have more genetic diversity now than 4000 thousand years ago thanks to the genetic exchange with the Eurasian lynx. This study is essential in the current scenario in which the genetic viability of the Iberian lynx is still not guaranteed

La Estación Biológica de Doñana participa en la Wildlife Malaria Network (WIMANET)

The WIMANET is a global initiative to study to study vector-borne parasites funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology

Egyptian vultures breed more males in the Canary Islands than on the Iberian Peninsula

For this research, more than 1600 Egyptian vulture nestlings from island and mainland populations were monitored over three decades in Spain. Small changes in the sex ratio in threatened species may cause significant alterations in their populations