Effects of bird feeder density on the foraging behaviors of a backyard songbird (the House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus) subject to seasonal disease outbreaks

• Published in: Canadian journal of zoology Vol. 98; no. 9; pp. 611 - 621
• Main Authors: Aberle, M.A, Langwig, K.E, Adelman, J.S, Hawley, D.M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1840 Woodward Drive, Suite 1, Ottawa, ON K2C 0P7 NRC Research Press 01.09.2020; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: Abundance; Analysis; Animal behavior; Behavior; bird feeders; Birds; Body mass; body weight; Carpodacus mexicanus; comportement d’alimentation; Density; Development and progression; Disease spread; Disease transmission; Ecology; Epidemics; Feeders; Feeding; Feeding behavior; Foraging behavior; Fringillidae; Haemorhous mexicanus; Health risks; Heterogeneity; House Finch; mangeoires d’oiseaux; pathogens; Provisioning; risk; roselin familier; Songbirds; supplemental food; supplément de nourriture; transmission de maladies; Wildlife

Provisioning of wildlife, such as backyard bird feeding, can alter animal behavior and ecology in diverse ways. For species that are highly dependent on supplemental resources, it is critical to understand how variation in the degree of provisioning, as occurs naturally across backyards, alters wild...