Publications by authors named "Pius Korner"
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- Organisms in high-elevation habitats tend to be specialized, and understanding their habitat preferences is crucial for predicting their responses to environmental changes.
- This study focused on the foraging habitat preferences of the northern wheatear in the central Alps, using detailed observations and Bayesian logistic regression to identify key habitat characteristics.
- The findings revealed that northern wheatears prefer areas with a mix of stones, bare ground, and short vegetation, indicating that habitat diversity is essential for their survival amidst climate change and land-use pressures.
Vineyards are likely to be regionally important for wildlife, but we lack biodiversity studies in this agroecosystem which is undergoing a rapid management revolution. As vine cultivation is restricted to arid and warm climatic regions, biodiversity-friendly management would promote species typical of southern biomes. Vineyards are often intensively cultivated, mostly surrounded by few natural features and offering a fairly mineral appearance with little ground vegetation cover.
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