Urban Bird Feeders Dominated by a Few Species and Individuals

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Urban Bird Feeders Dominated by a Few Species and Individuals

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The practice of garden bird feeding is a global phenomenon, involving millions of people and vast quantities of food annually. Many people engage in the practice of feeding assuming that birds gain some benefit from the food they provide, yet recent studies have revealed the potential for detrimental impacts as well. However, there is still a paucity of information on the impacts of feeding, including the ubiquity of these impacts among and within feeder-visiting species. Consistency in feede...

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Date created

2017-08-01

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Josie A. Galbraith / Darryl N. Jones / Jacqueline R. Beggs / Katharina Parry / Margaret C. Stanley

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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00081/full

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competition / individual variation / interspecific interactions / resource use / supplementary feeding / urban wildlife / Evolution / Ecology

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