Autor: Horn D. J., Johansen S. M., Wilcoxen T. E.
Klíčová slova: Bird feed, Bird feeder, Bird feeding, Bird food, Bird seed, Citizen science, Feeding birds, Supplemental feeding, Wild birds
Název titulu / periodika: Wildlife Society Bulletin
Rok vydání: 2014
Obor FORD: 1.6. Biological sciences
More people feed birds and other wildlife than hunt and fish combined. Despite its popularity, many bird-feeding traditions lack scientific data. We examined seed and feeder use by wild birds in the United States and Canada, and how seed use may change by season and geographic region. Between 2005 and 2008, 173 individuals from 38 states and 3 provinces in Canada made 20,077, 45-minute observations at bird feeders, recording 106 species and 1,282,424 bird visits.…