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Opportunistic citizen science data reveals habitat selection of lesser black-backed gulls in Central Europe.


ABSTRACT: This study is the first attempt to find a relation between the opportunistic observation data of an easily identifiable but locally rare bird, in our case the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus fuscus), and the Corine Land Cover habitat map by applying a resource selection function model to reveal the habitat selection of the species. We provide a scientific analysis using the valuable citizen science dataset sourced from the www.birding.hu website, collected by hundreds of volunteers over a span of more than a decade in Hungary. Birds selected for landfills, river and lake habitats and showed a significant but much smaller attraction towards urban areas, while they selected against arable lands. We found that in the case of rare and moderately common birds, we can obtain a representative picture of the habitat selection of the species, even if the data are collected by non-standardized means.

SUBMITTER: Lanczos Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701088 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Opportunistic citizen science data reveals habitat selection of lesser black-backed gulls in Central Europe.

Lánczos Zsuzsanna Z   Végvári Zsolt Z   Ecsedi Zoltán Z   Boros Emil E  

Ecology and evolution 20231206 12


This study is the first attempt to find a relation between the opportunistic observation data of an easily identifiable but locally rare bird, in our case the lesser black-backed gull (<i>Larus fuscus fuscus</i>), and the Corine Land Cover habitat map by applying a resource selection function model to reveal the habitat selection of the species. We provide a scientific analysis using the valuable citizen science dataset sourced from the www.birding.hu website, collected by hundreds of volunteers  ...[more]

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