Colony persistence in waterbirds is constrained by pond quality and land use

Summary The conservation of wetlands, many threatened by human activities, is paramount to sustaining global biodiversity. Yet the protection of targeted wetlands may not be sufficient to protect the species they host because some species may also be impacted by alterations to the surrounding landscape. Some black‐headed gull ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus : Laridae) populations have experienced a sharp decline in population size and number of...