Our new paper shows that when birds breed in artificial wetlands, they can still depend on surrounding natural wetlands. GPS tracking of black-headed gulls in #Doñana @ebdonana.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @seobirdlife.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The importance of artificial wetlands for waterbird conservation can be easily overestimated from count data alone. The value of extensive fish ponds as a breeding habitat depends on maintaining the ....
