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Covid-related surge in global wild bird feeding: Implications for biodiversity and human-nature interaction

The global extent of supplementary bird feeding is unknown but has consequences for bird conservation and human well-being. Using a measure of search intensity for words related to bird feeding from Google, we document a surge of interest in bird feeding that occurred around the world after Covid-19...

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Autores principales: Doremus, Jacqueline, Li, Liqing, Jones, Darryl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37531331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287116
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description The global extent of supplementary bird feeding is unknown but has consequences for bird conservation and human well-being. Using a measure of search intensity for words related to bird feeding from Google, we document a surge of interest in bird feeding that occurred around the world after Covid-19 led to lockdowns where people stayed home: 115 countries saw an increase in bird feeding search interest. We test whether the existence of interest in bird feeding is associated with greater species richness of bird species, our proxy for biodiversity, and find the relationship is highly significant. Covid-19 lockdowns may have persistent influences on global bird populations and humans’ connection to nature.
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spelling pubmed-103959532023-08-03 Covid-related surge in global wild bird feeding: Implications for biodiversity and human-nature interaction Doremus, Jacqueline Li, Liqing Jones, Darryl PLoS One Research Article The global extent of supplementary bird feeding is unknown but has consequences for bird conservation and human well-being. Using a measure of search intensity for words related to bird feeding from Google, we document a surge of interest in bird feeding that occurred around the world after Covid-19 led to lockdowns where people stayed home: 115 countries saw an increase in bird feeding search interest. We test whether the existence of interest in bird feeding is associated with greater species richness of bird species, our proxy for biodiversity, and find the relationship is highly significant. Covid-19 lockdowns may have persistent influences on global bird populations and humans’ connection to nature. Public Library of Science 2023-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10395953/ /pubmed/37531331 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287116 Text en © 2023 Doremus et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Covid-related surge in global wild bird feeding: Implications for biodiversity and human-nature interaction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37531331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287116
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