The red-knobbed coot Fulica cristata experienced a dramatic population decline in Spain, where the common coot F. atra does not face conservation problems. This is puzzling because both species have similar ecologies. It has been suggested that habitat alterations affected the quality of food plants, and this impacted differentially both coots. To verify this, we conducted experiments to determ...

Altitudinal shifts in distribution were investigated in forest breeding birds, along two elevational gradients in the French northern and southern Alps, from counts repeated at exactly the same locations in the 1970s and the 2000s. Significant shifts were reported for eight of 24 species in the northern alpine site (five downwards, three upwards) and for two of the 17 species in the southern si...

Avian tuberculosis was diagnosed histopathologically and microbiologically in two pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) and two peafowl (Pavo cristatus) kept in the same aviary. The incidence of avian tuberculosis in the aviary was 6%. Non-mineralized caseogranulomas were present in the liver (3 cases), spleen (3 cases), intestine (2 cases), lung (2 cases), and cloaca (1 case). Granulomas in the lung...

Ratzeburgiola Erdös is a small but phylogenetically interesting genus exhibiting a combination of characters once used to define both the former tribes Elachertini and Eulophini of the subfamily Eulophinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). It was once classified in the tribe Elachertini with genera having scutellar grooves and complete notauli, but in some characters it resembles the gen...

Linear transport infrastructure can alter the viability of populations and wildlife passages are used to mitigate their impacts. The assessment outcomes is often limited recording use tunnels by a focal species. For amphibians, effectiveness poorly evaluated with little information about whether certain features encourage individuals that may be reluctant pass through tunnels. One study showed ...