@article {15028,
	title = {Nest site characteristics of Audouin{\textquoteright}s Gull in the eastern Mediterranean},
	journal = {WaterbirdsWaterbirds},
	volume = {23},
	number = {1},
	year = {2000},
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	month = {2000///},
	pages = {74-83},
	abstract = {Nest site characteristics were studied in five Audouin{\textquoteright}s Gull (Larus audouinii) colonies breeding on small rocky islands in the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean. Although rocks and vegetation constituted the habitat of Audouin{\textquoteright}s Gulls, there were many intercolony differences in the use of these habitat features, especially those related to vegetation. Discriminant Function Analysis (DFA) indicated that vegetation parameters effectively identified habitat variables at nests. Different habitat variables discriminated between nest and random quadrats in three colonies. Percent rock cover around nests varied. The gulls nested relatively far from the available protruding rocks without a tendency to nest near rock crevices and, in two colonies, rock height had no relation with nest placement. In two of three of the colonies, gulls nested farther from vegetation, in lower vegetation, and in one colony percent vegetation cover at nests was higher than that generally available. Differences in vegetation types on each island partly accounted for such differences. Bushy plants seemed to be more important for the protection of larger chicks, rather than for nest sites, whereas the halophyte Limonium vulgare was mostly used for egg support. Received 2 March 1999, accepted 18 April 1999.},
	keywords = {Audouin{\textquoteright}s Gull, Aves, breeding, Greece, habitat, Larus audouinii, Mediterranean, Nest site characteristics, vegetation},
	author = {Goutner, V. and Portolou, D. and Papakonstantinou, K. and Tsiakiris, R. and Pavlidis, A. and Zogaris, S. and Kominos, T. and Galanaki, A. and Oro, D.}
}
@article {5933,
	title = {Spatial heterogeneity in the effects of climate change on the population dynamics of a Mediterranean tortoise},
	journal = {Global Change BiologyGlobal Change BiologyGlobal Change Biology},
	volume = {17},
	number = {10},
	year = {2011},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 816ASTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 86},
	month = {Oct},
	pages = {3075-3088},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Climatic shifts may increase the extinction risk of populations, especially when they are already suffering from other anthropogenic impacts. Our ability to predict the consequences of climate change on endangered species is limited by our scarce knowledge of the effects of climate variability on the population dynamics of most organisms and by the uncertainty of climate projections, which depend strongly on the region of the earth being considered. In this study, we analysed a long-term monitoring programme (1988-2009) of Hermann{\textquoteright}s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) aimed at evaluating the consequences of the drastic changes in temperature and precipitation patterns predicted for the Mediterranean region on the demography of a long-lived species with low dispersal capability and already suffering a large number of threats. Capture-recapture modelling of a population in the Ebro Delta (NE Spain) allowed us to assess the effect of climate variability on the survival of tortoises. Winter rainfall was found to be the major driver of juvenile and immature survival, whereas that of adults remained high and constant across the study. Furthermore, local climate series obtained ad hoc from regional climate simulations, for this and 10 additional Mediterranean locations where tortoises occurred, provided us with reliable future climate forecasts, which were used to simulate the fate of these populations under three precipitation scenarios (mean, wet and dry) using stochastic population modelling. We show that a shift to a more arid climate would have negative consequences for population persistence, enhancing juvenile mortality and increasing quasiextinction risk because of a decrease in recruitment. These processes varied depending on the population and the climate scenario we considered, but our results suggest that unless other human-induced causes of mortality are suppressed (e. g. poaching, fire, habitat fragmentation), climate variability will increase extinction risk within most of the species{\textquoteright} current range.},
	keywords = {ADULT SURVIVAL, animals, climate projections, CONSERVATION STRATEGIES, demography, DESERT TORTOISES, extinction risk, GOPHERUS-AGASSIZII, Greece, impacts, northern, population matrices, precipitation, reptiles, survival, Testudo hermanni, TESTUDO-HERMANNI, TURTLE POPULATION},
	isbn = {1354-1013},
	author = {Fernandez-Chacon, A. and Bertolero, A. and Amengual, A. and Tavecchia, G. and Homar, V. and Oro, D.}
}
