Household factors influencing participation in bird feeding activity: a national scale analysis.

ABSTRACT: Ameliorating pressures on the ecological condition of the wider landscape outside of protected areas is a key focus of conservation initiatives in the developed world. In highly urbanized nations, domestic gardens can play a significant role in maintaining biodiversity and facilitating human-wildlife interactions, which benefit personal and societal health and well-being. The extent to which sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors are associated with engagement in wildlife gardening activities remain largely unresolved. Using two household-level survey datasets gathered from across Britain, we determine whether and how the socioeconomic background of a household influences participation in food provision for wild birds, the most popular and widespread form of human-wildlife interaction.

SUBMITTER: Davies ZG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3386264 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature