Nature Communications (May 2019)

The composition of British bird communities is associated with long-term garden bird feeding

  • Kate E. Plummer,
  • Kate Risely,
  • Mike P. Toms,
  • Gavin M. Siriwardena

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10111-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Garden bird feeding is a prolific human activity that provides a reliable foraging opportunity to wild birds. Here the authors use a 40-year data set to show that large-scale restructuring of garden bird communities and growth in urban bird populations can be linked to changing feeding practices.