Multi-scale temporal variation in bird-window collisions in the central United States

Abstract Expansion of urbanization and infrastructure associated with human activities has numerous impacts on wildlife including causing wildlife-structure collisions. Collisions with building windows represent a top bird mortality source, but a lack of research into timing of these collisions hamp...

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Autores principales:	Corey S. Riding, Timothy J. O’Connell, Scott R. Loss
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:eb7fc96ecb2c447bb550c829e5bca3062021-12-02T15:49:31ZMulti-scale temporal variation in bird-window collisions in the central United States10.1038/s41598-021-89875-02045-2322https://doaj.org/article/eb7fc96ecb2c447bb550c829e5bca3062021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89875-0https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Expansion of urbanization and infrastructure associated with human activities has numerous impacts on wildlife including causing wildlife-structure collisions. Collisions with building windows represent a top bird mortality source, but a lack of research into timing of these collisions hampers efforts to predict them and mitigate effects on avian populations. In Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, we investigated patterns of bird-window collisions at multiple temporal scales, from within-day to monthly and seasonal variation. We found that collisions peaked during overnight and early morning hours, a pattern that was consistent across seasons. Further, temporal variation in fatal collisions was explained by an interaction between season and avian residency status. This interaction illustrated the expected pattern that more migrant individuals than residents collided in fall, but we also documented unexpected patterns. For example, the highest monthly total of collisions occurred in spring migration during May. We also found similarly high numbers of resident and migrant collisions in spring, and a roughly similar amount of migrant mortality in spring and fall migration. These findings, which provide unprecedented quantitative information regarding temporal variation in bird-window collisions, have important implications for understanding mechanisms by which birds collide and improving timing of measures to reduce this major bird mortality source.Corey S. RidingTimothy J. O’ConnellScott R. LossNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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description	Abstract Expansion of urbanization and infrastructure associated with human activities has numerous impacts on wildlife including causing wildlife-structure collisions. Collisions with building windows represent a top bird mortality source, but a lack of research into timing of these collisions hampers efforts to predict them and mitigate effects on avian populations. In Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, we investigated patterns of bird-window collisions at multiple temporal scales, from within-day to monthly and seasonal variation. We found that collisions peaked during overnight and early morning hours, a pattern that was consistent across seasons. Further, temporal variation in fatal collisions was explained by an interaction between season and avian residency status. This interaction illustrated the expected pattern that more migrant individuals than residents collided in fall, but we also documented unexpected patterns. For example, the highest monthly total of collisions occurred in spring migration during May. We also found similarly high numbers of resident and migrant collisions in spring, and a roughly similar amount of migrant mortality in spring and fall migration. These findings, which provide unprecedented quantitative information regarding temporal variation in bird-window collisions, have important implications for understanding mechanisms by which birds collide and improving timing of measures to reduce this major bird mortality source.
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title	Multi-scale temporal variation in bird-window collisions in the central United States
title_short	Multi-scale temporal variation in bird-window collisions in the central United States
title_full	Multi-scale temporal variation in bird-window collisions in the central United States
title_fullStr	Multi-scale temporal variation in bird-window collisions in the central United States
title_full_unstemmed	Multi-scale temporal variation in bird-window collisions in the central United States
title_sort	multi-scale temporal variation in bird-window collisions in the central united states
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/eb7fc96ecb2c447bb550c829e5bca306
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Multi-scale temporal variation in bird-window collisions in the central United States

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