Population dynamics and habitat preference of two urbanized Columbidae species and their nest predator in two settlement types

• DOI: 10.2478/orhu-2020-0023
• Publication Date: 2020-12-22T14:44:16Z
• Authors: Sámuel Zsolt Varga; Lajos Juhász
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; 570; QL Zoology / állattan; 11. Sustainability; QH540 Ecology / ökológia; 577; 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences

Abstract Since urbanization is a worldwide phenomenon, numerous species have gained the advantage of urban ecosystems. The Eurasian Collared Doves (Streptopelia decaocto) has become widespread all across Europe along with human-altered habitats. In general, population levels are stable but numbers locally decreased in past few decades. parallel, new wave came forward, so Wood Pigeons (Columba palumbus) entered ecosystems alongside other Columbidae species. this paper, our primary goal was to find any connection between habitat availability factors such as coniferous tree density and dynamics two urbanized A emerging corvid species, Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) also taken into consideration influencing tree-nesting doves pigeons nest predator. During research period, we aimed express differences structure ecotypes by nesting prove power predator presence sampling sites. Our results showed that residential areas higher proportion trees, well high preference Doves.