(3/3) Changes in land cover and legal protection may also have contributed to this expansion.

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Thanks to everyone who supported this work! @joseaalves.bsky.social

(2/3) 💡Our findings suggest that the main driver is the population increase—both in Portugal and likely across the entire East Atlantic population—combined with the occupation of previously suitable, but unused, wetlands.

(1/3) I'm happy to share that the first chapter of my thesis has just been published in Landscape Ecology 🏞️

In this study, we explored the drivers behind the recent (re)colonisation of breeding areas by the Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) in Portugal 🇵🇹