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Agroforestry supports high bird diversity in European farmland
Intensification and homogenization of agricultural landscapes have led to a strong decline in European farmland birds. Agroforestry systems, which...
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Global impacts of fire regimes on wildland bird diversity
BackgroundFire is a natural disturbance that significantly impacts ecosystems and plays a crucial role in the distribution and preservation of biota...
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The presence of an invasive bird, the Common Starling, in an urban landscape: habitat use and relationships with other bird species
The Common Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris ) is an invasive bird introduced in Argentina in the 1980’s that shares flocks with both native and exotic...
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Ungrazed seminatural habitats around farms benefit bird conservation without enhancing foodborne pathogen risks
ContextConservation in working landscapes is critical for halting biodiversity declines and ensuring farming system sustainability. However, concerns...
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Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Bird Population of Ufa
AbstractThe results of year-round bird counts conducted in Ufa every 2 weeks for 3 years (2012–2014) on routes with a length of 5 km in each of the...
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Unique bird diversity in an Ethiopian church forest
Today, most of Ethiopia’s church forests are small forest patches surrounded by a degraded and anthropogenically modified landscape, mostly arable...
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Greenspaces as shelters for the conservation of bird diversity in a big city
Increasing in human population causes expansion of urban areas, which threatens forest lands and the biodiversity they harbor. Greenspaces act a...
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Bird traits and their nutrient impact on terrestrial invertebrate populations
Birds are a large nutrient vector from marine to terrestrial environments where the increased nutrient input typically results in greater primary...
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Species traits and latitude mediate bird responses to forest edges globally
ContextAlthough local studies comparing species abundance between forest edges and interiors are common, general patterns in the response of...
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Potential social facilitation through song in bird communities
AbstractThe main function of birdsong is to attract mates and defend territories among conspecifics, but little is known about the potential of this...
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Seasonal bird diversity of an urban lake with the history of eutrophication and restoration
Long-term biodiversity monitoring studies of restored wetland ecosystems are essential for successful conservation. We studied the bird diversity of...
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Bird communities are more functionally redundant in less disturbed Araucaria forest
Disturbed forests are increasingly common in tropical regions. Although the conservation value of these habitats has been highlighted, few studies...
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Understanding the bird species assemblages found in and around Thane creek, Maharashtra, India
This paper investigates the bird species assemblages in and around Thane creek, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Despite Thane creek being a popular spot...
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Spatial Organization of the Bird Assemblages of the Eastern Altai in the First Part of Summer
AbstractWe have analyzed the results of bird counts averaged over the first half of summer (May 16–July 15) in 1996, 2000–2002, 2007, 2008, and 2013...
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Bird Population Dynamics during the Regenerative Succession of Mossy Pine Woodland in Southwestern Belarus
AbstractDisturbed forest ecosystems are characterized by significant spatial and temporal changes. As a part of the study on bird communities,...
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Depredatory Bird Damage Assessment and Its Management Techniques in Guava
The present study was conducted to assess depredatory bird damage and evaluate three management techniques in both rainy and winter season crops of...
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Landscape naturalness and restoring benefit: a connection through bird diversity
While urban nature has been reported as positively associated with health and well-being, only a few research focused on the health-beneficial...
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Dynamics of the Abundance of Bird Species during Succession of Oak Forests in Southwestern Belarus
Abstract —During the period of secondary succession of oak forests in southwestern Belarus, six stages of vegetation development (from fresh cutting...
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Beyond tradition: a novel approach for edible bird nest cleaning and its processing
An edible bird nest is a product of the solidified saliva secretion from a few different swiftlet’s species, during the breeding season. But the high...
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Ozone pollution threatens bird populations to collapse: an imminent ecological threat?
While bird populations are declining, the factors associated with this decline are unclear. Based on laboratory experiments, air pollution has long...
