urbanization Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Breeding ecology of a critically endangered macaw

By Tom Lewis|2023-09-04T19:00:52+00:004 Sep 2023|birds of conservation concern, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, Conservation, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting, Psittaciformes, urbanization|

Combining nest-site selection and reproductive success to inform conservation

Birds and people: we need to explore further

By Barry McMahon|2023-08-22T10:29:10+00:0028 Aug 2023|bird-human interactions, collaboration, communication, Conservation, IBIS, Urban birds, urbanization|

From conflict to coexistence

Bird-building collisions spike during fair weather

By Erin Jackson|2023-05-30T11:18:49+00:005 Jun 2023|bird-human interactions, collision, collision risk, creative writing, early-career researcher, ECR, habitat selection, Migration, mortality, passerines, Urban birds, urbanization, volunteers|

Could calm weather be the perfect storm for bird collisions?

Network analysis for trans-boundary conservation

By Joshua Nightingale|2023-04-07T16:42:45+00:0010 Apr 2023|bio-logging, bird communities, bird movements, bird-human interactions, connectivity, displacement, Disturbance, early-career researcher, ECR, habitat degradation, migrant, movements, noise pollution, shorebirds, urbanization, waders, waterbirds, wetlands|

Incorporating information about bird movements in Environmental Impact Assessments

Ecological interactions at risk

By Pedro Romero-Vidal|2022-12-17T15:06:54+00:005 Jan 2023|anthropogenic food sources, behaviour, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, foraging, forest birds, habitat degradation, habitat selection, migrant, Neotropics, parrot, Psittaciformes, road ecology, seed dispersal, threatened species, urbanization|

Exotic mammals threaten Araucaria Forests by displacing Austral Parakeets

Changes in societal attitudes towards wildlife in Spain

By Juan Jiménez|2022-11-03T12:52:42+00:007 Nov 2022|adult survival, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, collision, illegal killing, mortality, owls, passerines, persecution, raptors, rehabilitation, road traffic, scavengers, survival, Urban birds, urbanization|

An assessment using admissions to wildlife recovery centres

Foraging ecology of the House Sparrow

By Jan Havlíček|2022-08-08T12:13:16+00:008 Aug 2022|behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ecotone, ECR, Farmland birds, foraging, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, IBIS, land management, movements, parental care, passerines, survival, Urban birds, urbanization|

Parents feeding offspring prefer fast-food sources and have to go the extra mile in urban environments

Urban birds need more insects

By Gábor Seress|2020-12-15T12:58:07+00:008 Jun 2020|breeding success, nestling food, Urban birds, urbanization|

Is food limitation the primary cause of urban birds’ low breeding success?

Darwin’s finches adapting to human influences

By Kiyoko Gotanda|2020-12-15T16:59:27+00:009 Dec 2019|antipredator behaviour, behaviour, BOU-funded, invasive predators, island birds, urbanization|

Can Darwin’s finches adapt to invasive predators and urbanization?