—We examined the provisioning behavior of male and female Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum) during 2002 and 2003 by videotaping nests (n 5 15) and subsequently reviewing tapes to quantify provisioning rates and identify prey items. There was no difference in provisioning rates of male and female Grasshopper Sparrows (P 5 0.13) with mean rates of 2.16 visits/hr for females and 1.86 vi...

Urban planning and management need long-term population level studies for evaluating how urbanization influences biodiversity. Firstly, we reviewed the current trends of House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Eurasian Tree montanus) in Europe, evaluated usefulness citizens’ science projects to monitor these species Finland. Secondly, conducted a (1991–2020) winter field study 31 urban settlements al...

Abstract Urbanisation processes are increasing worldwide at surprising rates affecting wildlife in many ways: changing habitat structure, reducing resources, and modifying the distribution, composition abundance of local biota. In different countries, urban waste collection techniques evolving surface rubbish containers (neighbourhood receptacles for temporarily storing anthropogenic household ...