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Steppe Birds MOVE
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📌 Movement Ecology of Steppe-land Birds in Southwestern Europe

📌 Based at BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO

#MovementEcology #LittleBustard #Sandgrouse #StoneCurlew

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Steppe Birds MOVE – is our group at BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO, from Uni Porto! Our research focuses on the movement ecology of threatened #grasslandbirds #LittleBustard Pin-tail and Black-bellied #Sandgrouse #MontagusHarrier

Stay tuned for our news!

#steppebirds #ornithology #movementecology
New paper in Ecology & Evolution! Little bustards & calandra larks avoided powerlines up to 1 km; other species unaffected. Species-specific impacts are key for conservation.
#Conservation #Birds #Powerlines

👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Species‐Specific Responses of Farmland Birds to Overhead Powerlines
We assessed the displacement effects of powerlines on farmland breeding birds. No significant effects were detected on the overall bird breeding community. Species-specific negative impacts were iden...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Our research on little bustards in Kyrgyzstan just made national news! 📰 Discover how studying the thriving Central Asian populations can inform efforts to save this declining species in the Iberian Peninsula, where numbers have dropped alarmingly in recent decades.

www.publico.pt/2025/07/29/a...
O sisão do Quirguistão pode ajudar os nossos? Espera-se que sim
A Península Ibérica já foi o local com as maiores populações de sisão, mas agora estas estão concentradas sobretudo na Ásia Central. Dois investigadores portugueses foram ao Quirguistão dar uma ajuda.
www.publico.pt
July 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
📢 NEW PAPER ALERT 📢 We studied among- and within-individual variation on little bustard migration in Iberia and created a new toolkit to rapidly group movement data into distinct strategies/classes. Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s404...
Individual variation in migration patterns of Iberian little bustards - Movement Ecology
Background Migration is a critical behavioural strategy across many taxa, allowing individuals to respond to seasonal shifts in environmental conditions and resource availability. Understanding animal...
doi.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🎙️ Our PI, João Paulo Silva, recently joined a podcast (in Portuguese) to talk about our latest research on #littlebustard #ecology in Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries.
Check it out to learn more about our ongoing projects!
#steppebirdconservation

open.spotify.com/episode/5RGl...
As viagens dos sisões asiáticos, com João Paulo Silva
A Viagem do Maçarico · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Our researcher João Gameiro has made a online seminar (in portuguese) about the hen harrier population in Portugal. Interesting insights into Circus phylogeny, hen harrier ecology and the results of the first ever national survey in the country! 🦅

youtu.be/nhrf4wWWZmw?...
Fantasmas alados: em busca dos últimos tartaranhões-azulados de Portugal
YouTube video by Aves de Portugal
youtu.be
June 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last week we were at ISA's open day welcoming future students and explaining them why we put #GPS on the prettiest of #birds! 🦅

#SteppeBirdConservation
May 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Our team was present at ICPSB 2025! João Paulo Silva gave a plenary on steppe birds & power lines, while our ECR shared their work on the ecology, tagging & conservation of steppe birds! A week full of inspiring discussions and new collaborations! #SteppeBirds2025
April 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Steppe Birds MOVE – is our group at BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO, from Uni Porto! Our research focuses on the movement ecology of threatened #grasslandbirds #LittleBustard Pin-tail and Black-bellied #Sandgrouse #MontagusHarrier

Stay tuned for our news!

#steppebirds #ornithology #movementecology
March 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM