ArticleDie Naturwissenschaften2018
Insectivorous birds consume an estimated 400-500 million tons of prey annually.
Article in Die Naturwissenschaften, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Eyespot peek-a-boo: Leaf rolls enhance the antipredator effect of insect eyespots.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) as an ally for the control of the invasive yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax).Pest management science · 2025Article
- DNA Metabarcoding Unveils Habitat-Linked Dietary Variation in Aerial Insectivorous Birds.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Role of wild birds in the circulation ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Radio-tracking urban breeding birds: The importance of native vegetation.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025Article
- Camera traps unable to determine whether plasticine models of caterpillars reliably measure bird predation.PloS one · 2025Article
- Global expansion of human-wildlife overlap in the 21st century.Science advances · 2024Article
- Modelling the emergence of social-bird biological controls to mitigate invasions of the spotted lanternfly and similar invasive pests.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Wind energy and insects: reviewing the state of knowledge and identifying potential interactions.PeerJ · 2024Review
- Tree species identity, canopy structure and prey availability differentially affect canopy spider diversity and trophic composition.Oecologia · 2023Article
- Sphingid caterpillars conspicuous patches do not function as distractive marks or warning against predators.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Imidacloprid exposure is detectable in over one third of wild bird samples from diverse Texas ecoregions.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- The global biomass and number of terrestrial arthropods.Science advances · 2023Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
In this paper, we present an estimate of the predation impact of the global population of insectivorous birds based on 103 (for the most part) published studies of prey consumption (kg ha
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