ArticleGlobal ecology and conservation2020
Face masks matter: Eurasian tree sparrows show reduced fear responses to people wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Effects of Varied Stimuli on Escape Behavior Diversification of Himalayan Marmots for Different Human Disturbances.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Herons in Aquafarms Are More Fearful of Humans.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Responses of birds to observers holding popguns: Hunting history influences escape behavior of urban birds.Current zoology · 2024Article
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- Uncovering the Effects of COVID-19 Mask Wearing on Bird Flight Initiation Distance in Urbanized Areas in the Southern Philippines.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Anti Covid-19 face-masks increases vigilance in Nubian ibex (Biological conservation · 2021Article
- Face mask-wear did not affect large-scale patterns in escape and alertness of urban and rural birds during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Science of the total environment · 2021Article
- Contrasting effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on urban birds' reproductive success in two cities.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Raptor research during the COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology.Biological conservation · 2021Article
- Population divergence in the acoustic properties of crickets during the COVID-19 pandemic.Ecology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Continuous exposure to human activity has led to considerable behavioural changes in some wildlife populations. Animals are more likely to survive in a changing environment by adjusting their behaviour to repeatedly occurring but harmless stimulations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, starting in late 2019, face masks were recommended to the public to prevent the spread of pathogens. In this context, we compared the flight initiation distance (FID) of the Eurasian tree sparrow (
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