All Stories

  1. Predicted decline in common bird and butterfly species even under conservation policy scenarios in Europe

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, July 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  2. Habitat association, forest cover, and region mediate forest disturbance effects on European bird abundances

    Article • June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  3. Providing regular and frequent maps of losses and gains of farmland birds based on European monitoring data

    Article • Conservation Biology, March 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  4. A dataset of 538 high-resolution ecogeographical variables for species distribution modelling and conservation planning, describing Latvia in 2024

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  5. Non‐Native Bird Populations Respond Differently to Their Environment and Exhibit Shifts in Ecological Niche Limits Across Continents

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, October 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  6. Accelerated farmland bird population declines in European countries after their recent EU accession

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  7. Ecological traits predict population trends of urban birds in Europe

    Article • Ecological Indicators, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  8. Latvia

    Article • May 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  9. Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  10. Numerical Response of Owls to the Dampening of Small Mammal Population Cycles in Latvia

    Article • Life, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  11. Numerical Response of Owls to Dampening of the Population Cycles of the Small Mammals in Latvia

    Article • December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  12. Ecogeographical variable dataset for species distribution modelling, describing forest landscape in Latvia, 2017

    Article • Data in Brief, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  13. National scale habitat suitability analysis to evaluate and improve conservation areas for a mature forest specialist species

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  14. An assessment of relative habitat use as a metric for species’ habitat association and degree of specialization

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  15. Corrigendum to “An assessment of relative habitat use as a metric for species’ habitat association and degree of specialization” [Ecol. Indic. 135 (2022) 108521]

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  16. Bird population declines and species turnover are changing the acoustic properties of spring soundscapes

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  17. Diet composition and food supply of the Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina in the core area of its breeding range

    Article • Bird Study, July 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  18. Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds

    Article • Scientific Data, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  19. Covariation in population trends and demography reveals targets for conservation action

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2021, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  20. Contrasting population trends of Common Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) across Europe

    Article • Ornis Fennica, December 2019, BirdLife Finland

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  21. Effects of Natura 2000 on nontarget bird and butterfly species based on citizen science data

    Article • Conservation Biology, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Ainars Aunins, Dr Douglas Evans

  22. Population responses of bird populations to climate change on two continents vary with species’ ecological traits but not with direction of change in climate suitability

    Article • Climatic Change, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ainars Aunins, Dr Lucy R Mason

  23. A retrospective assessment of marine biodiversity: a critical analysis of integration and aggregation rules

    Article • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling, July 2019, Wageningen UR Library

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  24. Impact of military activities on bird species considered to benefit from disturbances: an example from an active military training area in Latvia

    Article • Ornis Fennica, March 2018, BirdLife Finland

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  25. Factors prevailing distribution of Eurasian Pygmy Owl and setting conservation priorities in Latvia

    Article • January 2018, Jyvaskyla University Library

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  26. Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

    Article • Science, March 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Ainars Aunins, Dr Lucy R Mason

  27. Merging science and arts to communicate nature conservation

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  28. Limiting climatic factors and habitats ofErica tetralixat the eastern edge of its distribution range

    Article • Nordic Journal of Botany, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  29. Population size, dynamics and reproduction success of the lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina) in Latvia

    Article • Slovak Raptor Journal, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  30. Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Ainars Aunins, Iryna Herzon, Péter Török

  31. Challenges of ecological restoration: Lessons from forests in northern Europe

    Article • Biological Conservation, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Adriano Mazziotta, Dr. Ainars Aunins

  32. Connectedness and connectivity of the Natura 2000 network of protected areas across country borders in the European Union

    Article • Biological Conservation, September 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  33. The Gulf of Riga as a resource for wind energy — a project description

    Article • August 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  34. Intensity of agricultural land-use and farmland birds in the Baltic States

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  35. Habitat Associations of Farmland Birds Across the East Baltic Region

    Article • Acta Zoologica Lituanica, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  36. Using Landsat TM and field data to produce maps of predicted bird densities in Latvian farmland

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, May 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Ainars Aunins

  37. Relationships Between Birds and Habitats in Latvian Farmland

    Article • Acta Ornithologica, July 2001, Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Ainars Aunins