ALT Populations of the Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus have declined across Europe and North America, probably in response to habitat degradation driven by agricultural intensification. However, long-term evidence linking farmland habitat change to variation in breeding density and reproductive success remains limited. We investigated these relationships in an agricultural landscape in western Finland over a 30-year period (1977–2006), focusing on owl breeding parameters and temporal changes in grassy habitats supporting their primary prey (voles). Annual breeding density ranged from 0.0 to 1.5 (mean 0.35) nests km−2 and increased with spring vole abundance. Mean clutch size varied between 2.5 and 8.2 eggs, and mean brood size between 0.7 and 4.4 nestlings per nest, with significantly higher values observed during years of high vole abundance. Nest failure was primarily attributed to agricultural activities and predation

ALT French-Argentine artist and designer Pablo Reinoso has been designing and fabricating sculptural benches since he was just 15. Throughout his nearly five decades as an artist he has explored several iterations of both seating and sculptural forms, including his two most recent series Spaghetti and Garabatos. Each work is a bench at its very core, but its structure has been elongated and twisted into an object that expresses a little bit of anarchy and a lot of play.

ALT Little is known about Rameau's early years. It was not until the 1720s that he won fame as a major theorist of music with his Treatise on Harmony (1722) and also in the following years as a composer of masterpieces for the harpsichord, which circulated throughout Europe. He was almost 50 before he embarked on the operatic career on which his reputation chiefly rests today. His debut, Hippolyte et Aricie (1733), caused a great stir and was fiercely attacked by the supporters of Lully's style of music for its revolutionary use of harmony.