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Manure heaps attract farmland birds during winter

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Pages 426-430 | Received 06 Feb 2018, Accepted 13 Apr 2018, Published online: 20 Sep 2018
 

ABSTRACT

Capsule: Abundance and species diversity of both common farmland birds and species of conservation concern were significantly higher at manure heaps compared to open farmland, especially for the Tree Sparrow Passer montanus and Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella, two declining granivorous farmland birds.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Vojtěch Brlík, Miroslav Bažant, Jaroslav Závora and Marina Kipson for their help during the fieldwork.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by The Czech Academy of Sciences (RVO 68081766).

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