Manure heaps attract farmland birds during winter |
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| Authors: | Martin Šálek Michał Żmihorski |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic;2. Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic;3. Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden;4. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Nature Conservation, Kraków, Poland |
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| Abstract: | Capsule: Abundance and species diversity of both common farmland birds and species of conservation concern were significantly higher at manure heaps compared to open farmland, especially for the Tree Sparrow Passer montanus and Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella, two declining granivorous farmland birds. |
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