A5115733253- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant and animal studies
- Animal and Plant Science Education
University of Helsinki
2024-2025
Abstract While humans often feed birds in their backyards, there is a growing awareness that this has positive and negative effects on local biodiversity. Whether the observed species assemblage shapes human activities has, however, rarely been investigated. We analyzed 15,088 open-ended answers from 9473 Finnish respondents about why they have increased or reduced feeding birds. They mentioned 58 avian non-avian linked to changed practices. The main reasons for change were (1) respondent’s...
Abstract While humans often feed birds in their backyards, there is growing awareness that this has positive and negative effects on local biodiversity. Whether the observed species assemblage shapes human activities has, however, rarely been investigated. We analyzed 15,088 open-ended answers from 9,473 Finnish respondents about why they have increased or reduced feeding birds. They mentioned 58 avian non-avian linked to changed practices. The main reasons for change were 1) respondent’s...