Gull tracking on the news (2) !

José Manuel Igual speaks about the Yellow-Legged Gull study at Dragonera Natural Park to the "Mallorca Zeitung" (text in German).

Gull tracking on the news!

Photo: G. Tavecchia

GSM/GPS data are generating a growing interest in gulls' feeding strategy. A new article by E. Soto in the newspaper El Mundo (here) has just been published on the monitoring of Yellow-legged Gulls at Dragonera. Long-distance tracks and daily feeding strategies are on the spot. Thank also to the help of T. Muñoz from the GOB (Grup Balear d'Ornitologia I Defensa de la Naturalesa)

Prof. Oro on PAFS

Prof D. Oro interviewed by the national newspaper EL PAIS speaks about PAFS (Predictable Antrhopogenic Food Subsidies) and their role in animal ecology here.

Photo: G. Weinert (from www.ElPais.com)

Check also the revision published by him and the GEP in Ecology Letters here.

Scopoli's Shearwaters: new press release and radio interview !

Photo Ana Sanz-Aguilar

A new press release on the two last work on Scopoli Shearwaer by the G.E.P. appeared this week at "B@leòpolis" the scientific suplement of "El Mundo" (Balearic version). You can read the full note here (in Spanish).

J.-M. Igual (GEP) and M. McMinn on Shearwater management actions at "Balears Fa Ciència" is here (from 10').

Press release on EU "Science for Environmental Policy"

The work by Rosanna di Maggio et al.  on lesser kestrel demography has been mentioned in "Science for Enviornmental Policy" of the European Commission.

The study found that early-spring harvested crops, such as artichokes, offer a positive alternative habitat compared to those crops harvested in late spring.  Form the press note: "[...] Intensive activities in artichoke fields, including field preparation, planting, and fertiliser and pesticide applications, occur during the winter when lesser kestrels are in Africa. Artichoke fields are abandoned after mid-April harvesting, when birds come back to breed. Prey availability in the abandoned fields is usually high and sustains lesser kestrels during breeding [...]"


You can read the Press Release here and the original work by Rosanna, here.