The prevalence of anthropogenic nest materials differs between two distinct populations of migratory birds in Europe.

ABSTRACT: A major impact of human development is the transformation of natural habitats into farming lands and the expansion of built-up areas. Also, plastic pollution is affecting wildlife on a global scale. Discarded plastic is ubiquitous and accessible for birds, which can incorporate them into the nest structure. Here, we describe the differences in type, prevalence, and the amount of anthropogenic nest materials between two populations of terrestrial, mainly farmland bird, the white stork Ciconia ciconia, on a broad geographical scale, from two migratory divides-eastern in Poland and western in Spain (in total 303 nests). In the two populations, we detected significant differences in the incorporation of anthropogenic nest material, as measured by the Human Footprint Index (HFI) and the Impervi

SUBMITTER: Jagiello Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10212808 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature