Josh Nightingale

University of Iceland | HI

Protected areas (PAs) are a core component of conservation policy and practice. However, many species for which they are designated are highly mobile, and may move among sites within and beyond PA boundaries. Environmental impacts on sites beyond those boundaries could thus impact the PA's protected populations, with the risk of adversely affecting...

Advancing breeding phenology is a commonly‐observed response to climate warming among bird species, potentially in response to shifts in phenology of key resources. However, for migratory birds breeding at high latitudes, their capacity to breed earlier may be constrained by the time available between arrival on the breeding grounds and nesting, es...

Electronic tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behaviour and habitat use of shorebirds (Charadriiformes), and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, developing a useful coherent global strategy for tracking these taxa requires an overview of the current availability of data and how it vari...

Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possible explanation for variation among results is differences among researchers in the decisions they make regarding statistical analyses. A growing array of studi...

This report should be cited as: Martins, RC, Moniz, F, Alves, JA, Belo, J, Carvalho, AT, Catry, T, Cordeiro, A, Costa, H, Costa, JS, Encarnação, V, Lourenço, PM, Nightingale, J, Pardal, S, Paulino, J, Raposo, D, Rocha, A, Silvério, A, Dias, MP. (2022) Contagens Mensais de Aves Aquáticas no Estuário do Tejo, 2007-2021. Em: Alonso H, Andrade J, Teod...

The islands of the Wallacean biodiversity hotspot support diverse and highly endemic bird communities, yet remain ornithologically poorly studied. There is a particular paucity of data regarding breeding biology for the region's birds. Here, we help to address this research gap by collating observations of breeding evidence made during nearly 20 ye...

In wintering shorebird communities, interspecific niche segregation can occur by differences in diet, behavior, and morphology. The Lagoa do Peixe National Park (LPNP) is a coastal wetland complex with lagoons and sandy beaches in Southern Brazil, providing an environment with high prey availability where mixed-species foraging flocks of the Sander...

For wader conservation in the Solent, UK, two ongoing changes are of particular concern: the increase in artificial flood-defence infrastructure, and increasing sea levels. This study describes the ecology of a small population of Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima, which is mostly restricted to ca. 250 m of engineered coastline at Southsea Castle...

The detrimental effects of nest ectoparasites on breeding birds have been well documented, but interactions between birds' parasites and their environment are less well understood. The Saltmarsh Sparrow, Ammodramus caudacutus is a ground-nesting bird endemic to tidal wetlands in the eastern USA, where the majority of nests are lost to tidal floodin...

Birds are a frequently chosen group for biodiversity monitoring as they are comparatively straightforward and inexpensive to sample and often perform well as ecological indicators. Two commonly used techniques for monitoring tropical forest bird communities are point counts and mist nets. General strengths and weaknesses of these techniques have be...

S1_File.doc. Summary of tests determining the influence of random removal of survey points. (DOCX)

S2_File.csv. Summary of field survey data from Buton Forest Reserves and Cusuco National Park. (CSV)

CapsuleWing length and age independently predicted spring arrival timing in a long-distance migratory warbler, but there was no association with mass or tarsus length.AimsTo test a range of biometric features and other measures of fitness for their importance in determining spring arrival patterns in a long-distance migratory landbird, and to inves...