BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

Black-winged Stilt chicks were captured during the breeding season (from April to August) from 2005-2011 in Doñana rice fields located near the Guadalquivir marshes (37º09N 06º08W, SW Spain), in 2009-2010 in rice fields of Sidi Allal Tazi and in 2009-2011 in rice fields of Larache (both sites in NW Morocco, 34º30N 6º16W and 35º11N 6º07W respectively). Birds were also sampled at natural ponds in the Doñana area in 2010-2011 (37º04N 6º27W), and in natural wetlands at Larache and a coastal lagoon in Briech (NW Morocco, 35º11N 6º07W and 35º31N 6º00W respectively) in 2011., The Junta de Andalucía funded this study through the project “Las aves acuáticas de Doñana y el cultivo del arroz: la interacción entre la agricultura y la conservación de las zonas húmedas”. This study was possible thanks to the INRA administration and CNRST-CSIC collaboration program (P2007MA01 and P2009MA01). GMT was funded by an I3P-CSIC grant for the formation of Researchers. MMH is supported by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development (PIEF-GA-2011-299747) within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7 2007-2013) of the European Commission., Peer reviewed