Urban conservation hotspots: predation release allows the grassland-specialist burrowing owl to perform better in the city

Abstract Although habitat transformation is one of the main causes of biodiversity loss, there are many examples of species successfully occupying and even proliferating in highly human-modified habitats such are the cities. Thus, there is an increasing interest in understanding the drivers favoring...

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Main Authors: Natalia Rebolo-Ifrán, José L. Tella, Martina Carrete
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03853-z