Urban Birds Using Insects on Front Panels of Cars

• Published in: Birds
• Main Authors: Jokimäki, Jukka, Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, Marja-Liisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: feeding innovations; cities; food; foraging; sparrows; crows; parking areas; /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/18/1; name=Ecology; evolutionary biology; Rovaniemi
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/e6bb5c5c-ff0b-4a90-9d3b-d2f2fd890c64; https://doi.org/10.3390/birds4010002; https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/36838811/Urban_Birds_Using_Insects_of_Front_Panels_of_Cars.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85163671138&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85163671138&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Urbanization influences the food availability and quality for birds in many ways. Although a great amount of food for birds is provided incidentally or intentionally in urban areas, the quantity of insect-based food can be reduced in cities. We studied the role of one artificial food source, insects...