Land‐use intensity impacts habitat selection of ground‐nesting farmland birds in The Netherlands

Abstract Agricultural intensification has modified grassland habitats, causing serious declines in farmland biodiversity including breeding birds. Until now, it has been difficult to objectively evaluate the link between agricultural land‐use intensity and range requirements of wild populations at the landscape scale. In this study of Black‐tailed Godwits Limosa limosa , we examined habitat selection and home range size during the breeding phase in relation to land‐use intensity, at the scale of the entire Netherlands. From 2013 to 2019, 57 breeding godwits were tracked with solar‐Platform Tra... Mehr ...