Cuckoo folklore and human well-being: Cuckoo calls predict how long farmers live
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F17%3A71119" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/17:71119 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.00.006" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.00.006</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.00.006" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.00.006</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Cuckoo folklore and human well-being: Cuckoo calls predict how long farmers live
Original language description
The number of repeats in cuckoo Cuculus canorus calls (syllables) is widely believed across large parts of Europe to reflect longevity in the person who counts the calls. Here we test this unlikely hypothesis by using information on longevity of farmers, farm size and biodiversity, the presence of cuckoos and the number of syllables in calls of cuckoos in northern Denmark. We show that longevity of farmers is related to farm size and number of syllables, which in turn are related to biodiversity, and that biodiversity as reflected by breeding bird species richness predicts presence of cuckoos and in turn the number of syllables. This implies that longevity of farmers is directly and indirectly related to farm size and in turn to the number of syllables. This suggests that cuckoo calls may indeed reflect longevity of humans in the neighborhood as revealed by longevity of farmers. In addition, this study of cuckoo calls links folklore to conservation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
ISSN
1470-160X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
2017
Issue of the periodical within the volume
72
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
3
Pages from-to
766-768
UT code for WoS article
000398426200073
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84988023781