Data reduction analyses of animal behaviour: avoiding Kaiser's criterion and adopting more robust automated methods

FB Morton, D Altschul - Animal behaviour, 2019 - Elsevier
Data reduction analyses such as principal components and exploratory factor analyses
identify relationships within a set of potentially correlated variables, and cluster correlated …

Sparrows in urban complexity: macro and micro-scale habitat use of sympatric sparrows in Guwahati City, India

A Nath, H Singha, M Haque, BP Lahkar - Urban Ecosystems, 2019 - Springer
In recent decades the House Sparrow and Tree Sparrow have suffered considerable
declines. To date, little is known about the fine scale habitat selection of sparrows where …

[HTML][HTML] A high incidence of non-cavity nesting in an introduced population of House Sparrows suggests that the species should not be constrained by cavity-nest site …

EL Sheldon, SC Griffith - Avian Research, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) has undergone dramatic
population declines in many parts of Europe. It has been widely hypothesised that a lack of …

Finding clues in cities

S Choudhary, NPS Chauhan, R Kalsi - Current Science, 2020 - JSTOR
With changing urbanization pattern and architectural style, the house sparrow is rapidly
losing its nesting ground leading to a drastic decline in its population. We studied the …

[PDF][PDF] Seasonal habitat selection by house sparrows across the urbanization matrix in Delhi, India

S Choudhary, NS Chauhan, R Kalsi - Journal of Wildlife and …, 2019 - researchgate.net
House sparrows are associated with rural and urban regions and are a common species of
any urbanecosystem. Iprevious studies confirm that urbanizationand industrialization are …

[PDF][PDF] Using a birdfeeder network to explore the effects of suburban design on invasive and native birds.

KL Belinsky, TC Ellick… - Avian Conservation & …, 2019 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Studying the effects of urbanization on native wildlife presents an opportunity for us to learn
how to design anthropogenic habitats that can best support wildlife and humans alike. In …

Correlation does not imply causation: decline of house sparrow overshadowed by electromagnetic radiation

A Nath, H Singha, BP Lahkar - Urban Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
The persisting growth of wireless telecommunication technology causes increased
electrosmog. Exposure to wide-ranging radiofrequency electromagnetic fields is thought to …

[PDF][PDF] Uncommon Nest Site Selection by House Sparrows ( Passer domesticus)

A Kumar, S Kushwaha, A Singh - International Journal of Science …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Breeding locale plays a major role in the health of individual birds. The quality of the nest
site varies in space and time at different scales due to different environmental factors …

Habitats of House Sparrow Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Rameswaram Island, Tamil Nadu, India

M Pandian - Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2023 - threatenedtaxa.org
This paper pertains to the nesting habitats of House Sparrow Passer domesticus with
specific reference to population dynamics, nesting-related habits, nests, behaviours and …

Population, Nesting, and Conservation Issues of House Sparrow Passer domesticus (Linn., 1758) in Rural Arakkonam, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India

M Pandian - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 2021 - bnhsjournal.in
This paper pertains to the nesting habits of House Sparrow Passer domesticus Linn., with
reference to nesting sites, population size, nests, and threats faced by the species in rural …