作者
Ashley A Dayer, Connor Rosenblatt, David N Bonter, Holly Faulkner, Richard J Hall, Wesley M Hochachka, Tina B Phillips, Dana M Hawley
发表日期
2019/6
期刊
People and Nature
卷号
1
期号
2
页码范围
138-151
简介
- Backyard bird feeding is one of the most common ways people engage with wildlife in many parts of the world. Given its scale, it can have profound consequences for the ecology of feeder birds and their behaviour. While previous work has primarily explored socio‐demographic factors associated with bird feeding, how observations of nature at backyard feeders (e.g. changes in feeder bird abundance, interaction with natural enemies and weather) influence people's propensity to feed birds remain largely unknown.
- We examined the association between peoples’ observations at their backyard feeders and their emotions and behaviours related to providing food to birds. We conducted an online survey of a subset of United States participants in Project FeederWatch, a large‐scale citizen science project.
- Overwhelmingly, respondents (n = 1,176) reported taking actions, such as managing predators or maintaining …
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