Creator:

Bell, Christopher Paul

Title:

Misapplied ecology: investigations of population decline in the House Sparrow

Group publication title:

Inter. Studies of Sparrows

Subject and Keywords:

wróblowe ; ornitologia

Abstract_pl:

This review of research on the decline of the House Sparrow is divided into two parts. In the first part I summarize the investigations that have been undertaken and their major findings. In the second part I examine the evidential base of the consensus, and argue that despite the extensive research effort, there is little or no critical evidence to support the consensus view. ; I also argue that the emergence of compelling evidence in favour of predation as a cause of sparrow decline undermines the rationale both of continuing research, and of emerging conservation recommendations. I finalny consider the implications of these conclusions for the wider issue of bird population declines on farmland and the implementation of agri-environment schemes aimed at reversing such declines.

Publisher:

Zielona Góra: University of Zielona Góra, Faculty of Biological Sciences

Date:

2011

Resource Type:

artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

DOI:

10.1515/isspar-2015-0009

Pages:

24-34

Source:

International Studies on Sparrows, vol. 35

Language:

eng

Rights:

Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego