Anthropogenic materials used by birds to nest in an urban landscape of Costa Rica
Throughout the Anthropocene, urbanization has changed the environment for birds, modifying the types and abundance of available materials to build their nests. Discarded plastics and other anthropogenic materials are very abundant in urbanized and agricultural areas and are being used by birds to bu...
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| author | Carolina Esquivel Jorge M. De la O Steven Sánchez Vargas Sofía Paniagua Anthony Esquivel Cambronero Diego Núñez Gabriela Quesada Ávila |
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| description | Throughout the Anthropocene, urbanization has changed the environment for birds, modifying the types and abundance of available materials to build their nests. Discarded plastics and other anthropogenic materials are very abundant in urbanized and agricultural areas and are being used by birds to build nests, constituting a potential threat to them. Objective: To evaluate the materials used for several species of birds living in an urbanized environment. Methods: We evaluated the composition of 20 nests of several species of birds found in the campus of Universidad Nacional. Results: 52.6% of nests contained some sort of waste classified in 13 types of anthropogenic materials, where the most common were wool, strings and thread. The species with the highest percentage of nest weight comprised by anthropogenic material was Campylorhynchus rufinucha Conclusions: Our results demonstrates the widespread use of anthropogenic waste as nesting material. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94439186ae504f01a74cb8c9c8694e782022-12-22T00:27:57ZengUniversidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED)Cuadernos de investigación UNED1659-42661659-441X2020-10-0112210.22458/urj.v12i2.3124Anthropogenic materials used by birds to nest in an urban landscape of Costa RicaCarolina Esquivel0Jorge M. De la O1Steven Sánchez Vargas2Sofía Paniagua3Anthony Esquivel Cambronero4Diego Núñez5Gabriela Quesada Ávila6Universidad Nacional, Laboratorio de Biología Tropical, Heredia, Costa Rica.Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa RicaUniversidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa RicaUniversidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.Throughout the Anthropocene, urbanization has changed the environment for birds, modifying the types and abundance of available materials to build their nests. Discarded plastics and other anthropogenic materials are very abundant in urbanized and agricultural areas and are being used by birds to build nests, constituting a potential threat to them. Objective: To evaluate the materials used for several species of birds living in an urbanized environment. Methods: We evaluated the composition of 20 nests of several species of birds found in the campus of Universidad Nacional. Results: 52.6% of nests contained some sort of waste classified in 13 types of anthropogenic materials, where the most common were wool, strings and thread. The species with the highest percentage of nest weight comprised by anthropogenic material was Campylorhynchus rufinucha Conclusions: Our results demonstrates the widespread use of anthropogenic waste as nesting material.https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/3124AnthropoceneNestPlastic wastePollutionWildlife-human interactions |
| spellingShingle | Carolina Esquivel Jorge M. De la O Steven Sánchez Vargas Sofía Paniagua Anthony Esquivel Cambronero Diego Núñez Gabriela Quesada Ávila Anthropogenic materials used by birds to nest in an urban landscape of Costa Rica Cuadernos de investigación UNED Anthropocene Nest Plastic waste Pollution Wildlife-human interactions |
| title | Anthropogenic materials used by birds to nest in an urban landscape of Costa Rica |
| title_full | Anthropogenic materials used by birds to nest in an urban landscape of Costa Rica |
| title_fullStr | Anthropogenic materials used by birds to nest in an urban landscape of Costa Rica |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anthropogenic materials used by birds to nest in an urban landscape of Costa Rica |
| title_short | Anthropogenic materials used by birds to nest in an urban landscape of Costa Rica |
| title_sort | anthropogenic materials used by birds to nest in an urban landscape of costa rica |
| topic | Anthropocene Nest Plastic waste Pollution Wildlife-human interactions |
| url | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/3124 |
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