Estimated Great Cormorant Predation Reached 52–88% in Tagged Cod and 14–84% in Tagged Flounder
In Genner Bay, Denmark, a PIT-tag study estimated that great cormorants consumed 52–88% of tagged cod and 14–84%…
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Forest Disturbance Increased Modelled Habitat Suitability for Four European Herbivores
Tracking data from 3,069 animals showed that forest disturbance generally increased modelled relative habitat suitability for moose, red…
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European Honey-buzzards Tracked from Germany Used Flexible Routes to Africa
Satellite tracking of 12 adult European honey-buzzards breeding in Germany documented routes to wintering areas from Liberia and…
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22 of 24 Annual-Cycle Measures Were Repeatable in GPS-Tracked Eurasian Curlews
A long-term GPS dataset of 94 adult Eurasian Curlews found statistically supported repeatability in 22 of 24 annual-cycle…
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Fallow Deer and Mouflon Shared 69% of Plant Genera in Their Æbelø Diets
Year-round DNA metabarcoding on the Danish island Æbelø found strongly overlapping diets in fallow deer and mouflon, with…
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Thrush Nightingales Crossed Deserts by Flying at Night and Remaining Almost Inactive by Day
Multisensor loggers showed that thrush nightingales crossed the Sahara and Arabian Desert through consecutive nocturnal flights, with daytime…
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Intermediate-Coloured Buzzards Increased Across Europe as Dark and Light Extremes Declined
A dataset of 99,343 citizen-science observations revealed strong geographic structure in common buzzard plumage across Europe; after pre-2000…
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New H5N1 Genotype Killed at Least 3,000 Danish Black-Headed Gulls
A gull-associated H5N1 genotype caused the deaths of at least 3,000 adult black-headed gulls in Denmark after a…
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European Roe Deer Shifted Between Forest and Open Ground as Risks Changed
Tracking 412 European roe deer showed that habitat selection changed strongly with time of day and season, while…
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Denmark’s First Detected Usutu Virus Outbreak Primarily Affected Eurasian Blackbirds
Denmark’s first detected Usutu virus outbreak in 2024 included 56 positive Eurasian blackbirds among 85 examined, plus two…
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