Birds, Volume 6, Issue 3

Wind energy development is a key component in the transition to sustainable clean energy. Collision probability depends on turbine dimensions and species-specific behaviour, and understanding these relationships is essential for effective Environment...

Cooperative breeding, or helping behavior, has long been recognized in birds. An ignored dichotomy, however, separates the helping found in many individuals of some long-lived, sedentary species from the helping occasionally found in the territories...

For three regions of South Africa (Greater Gauteng, Greater Cape Town and Greater Durban) with the greatest coverage by bird atlas (SABAP2) fieldwork, we related arrival timing and abundance in each region of a long-distance migrant bird, the Barn Sw...

Anti-predator behaviour in birds is required by day and night but has barely been studied at night. For prey which detect predators visually, low light levels may diminish detection or monitoring of approaching threats. We conducted standardised appr...

Urbanization affects bird communities by reducing habitat and fragmenting ecosystems. Urban parks can help counteract these effects. However, anthropogenic noise can further alter bird composition. We examined the distribution and abundance of bird s...

Winter bird feeders provide high-energy food for birds when natural food resources are in short supply. We performed an experimental study including two treatments and a control to investigate the reactions of eight passerine species visiting a winte...

In order to determine the impact of urbanization on raptors in the semi-desert conditions of southwestern Kazakhstan, an analysis of the spatio-temporal distribution of raptors is presented for the first time based on the results of surveys of the av...

Urban landscapes have given rise to novel ecosystems (e.g., green areas), which differ in design and ecological quality depending on local planning strategies. Europe has the goal to increase conservation through increasing greenspace; however, urban...

The climate is expected to change substantially by the end of the current century. In response to climate change, species may disperse, adapt, or become locally extinct. We aim to assess how the climate changes predicted to occur by 2060 may affect t...

Public health in a densely populated city is inextricably linked to the state of the urban environment. The microclimate, the condition of water sources and sanitary well-being are just some of the many environmental factors that have a strong influe...