Food preferences by birds using bird-feeders in winter: a large-scale experiment

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F18%3A76938" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/18:76938 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40657-018-0111-z" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40657-018-0111-z</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40657-018-0111-z" target="_blank" >10.1186/s40657-018-0111-z</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Food preferences by birds using bird-feeders in winter: a large-scale experiment
Original language description
Background: Intentional winter bird feeding in gardens is one of the most common interactions between birds and humans. Because feeding may have both desired effects (provisioning of nutritious food for under-nourished birds) and undesired effects (favouritism of competitively superior species, transmission of disease), management of supplementary sites should be optimized from an ecological and conservation perspective. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to experimentally test winter food preferences of birds, with underlying potential influence of habitat (rural vs. urban) on realised food preferences pattern. Methods: We conducted an experimental analysis of food preferences of wintering birds by provided bird-feeders in urban and rural environments across Poland. Data were collected twice during winter 2013-2014 across Poland, in total with 80 experimental trials. Results: Sunflower seeds were the most preferred food supplement both in urban and rural habitats, significantly more exp
Czech name
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Czech description
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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
10613 - Zoology

Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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