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Dynamic interactions at birdfeeders: Attracting both prey and predators across urban and rural habitats

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dc.abstract.enWinter is a critical period for the survival of local bird species in temperate regions. Some wintering birds may rely on transient food, such as that provided at birdfeeders, but bird communities around birdfeeders may also attract predators. However, these effects of birdfeeders on interspecific interactions between birds and their predators remain largely unexplored and have so far not been tested experimentally. We hypothesized that birdfeeders indirectly attract predators in winter because of the attraction of small birds, and tested this hypothesis using experimental feeders at 52 different urban and rural sites across western Poland. We found that the number of small birds increased around birdfeeders, particularly those with provided food. We found that birdfeeders that attracted more small birds (regardless of whether they provided food) attracted also more predators, such as sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus and feral cats Felis domesticus. Moreover, birdfeeders in urban habitats attracted relatively fewer small birds but not fewer predators compared to those in rural areas. Altogether, birdfeeders with food provided attracted small prey birds but they attracted also more predators, whose presence may hinder small birds from fully utilizing available resources, potentially impacting their winter survival through direct (mortality) and indirect (increased monitoring and vigilance) effects.
dc.affiliationWydział Medycyny Weterynaryjnej i Nauk o Zwierzętach
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Zoologii
dc.contributor.authorTryjanowski, Piotr
dc.contributor.authorMikula, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMorelli, Federico
dc.date.access2024-12-16
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-16T08:58:10Z
dc.date.available2024-12-16T08:58:10Z
dc.date.copyright2024-06-24
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.bibliographyil., bibliogr.
dc.description.financepublication_research
dc.description.financecost8740,73
dc.description.if3,0
dc.description.numberSeptember 2024
dc.description.points70
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume79
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.baae.2024.06.005
dc.identifier.eissn1618-0089
dc.identifier.issn1439-1791
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/2230
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179124000446?via%3Dihub
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationbiological sciences
dc.relation.ispartofBasic and Applied Ecology
dc.relation.pages84-89
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.sciencecloudsend
dc.subject.enAccipiter nisus
dc.subject.enbirdfeeders
dc.subject.enfield experiments
dc.subject.enpredator-prey interactions
dc.subject.enurbanization
dc.titleDynamic interactions at birdfeeders: Attracting both prey and predators across urban and rural habitats
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.volume79