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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023

Spatial Overlap and Habitat Selection of Corvid Species in European Cities.

Farah Abou Zeid, Federico Morelli, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo, Mario Díaz, Jiří Reif, Jukka Jokimäki, Jukka Suhonen, Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, Gábor Markó, Raphaël Bussière and 9 more

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 12 institutions in 8 countries.

Farah Abou ZeidFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-0686-143X
Federico MorelliFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1099-1357
Juan Diego Ibáñez-ÁlamoDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Mario DíazDepartment of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (BGC-MNCN-CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6384-6674
Jiří ReifInstitute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Benatska 2, 128 01 Praha, Czech Republic.
Jukka JokimäkiNature Inventory and EIA-Services, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, P.O. Box 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-7903-4128
Jukka SuhonenDepartment of Biology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-JokimäkiNature Inventory and EIA-Services, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, P.O. Box 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland.
Gábor MarkóDepartment of Plant Pathology, Institute of Plant Protection, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ménesi út 44, 1118 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-1351-4070
Raphaël Bussière4 Route de la Loge, 86800 Liniers, France.
Marko MägiDepartment of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 50409 Tartu, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0003-0736-5638
Piotr TryjanowskiInstitute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71C, 60-625 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8358-0797
Theodoros KominosDepartment of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Antonia GalanakiDepartment of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Nikos BukasPlegadis, Riga Feraiou 6A, 45444 Ioannina, Greece.
Fabio PrusciniS. C. della Pantiera 23, 61029 Pantiera, Italy.
Leszek JerzakInstitute of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Prof. Z. Szafrana St. 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5332-279X
Olaf CiebieraInstitute of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Prof. Z. Szafrana St. 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0191-9874
Yanina BenedettiFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1600-2310
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague · CZAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRUniversity of Lapland · FIUniversity of Zielona Góra · PLCharles University · CZFincantieri (Italy) · ITMagyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem · HUMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales · ESUniversidad de Granada · ESUniversity of Life Sciences in Poznań · PLUniversity of Tartu · EEUniversity of Turku · FI

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding habitat and spatial overlap in sympatric species of urban areas would aid in predicting species and community modifications in response to global change. Habitat overlap has been widely investigated for specialist species but neglected for generalists living in urban settings. Many corvid species are generalists and are adapted to urban areas. This work aimed to determine the urban habitat requirements and spatial overlap of five corvid species in sixteen European cities during the breeding season. All five studied corvid species had high overlap in their habitat selection while still having particular tendencies. We found three species, the Carrion/Hooded Crow, Rook, and Eurasian Magpie, selected open habitats. The Western Jackdaw avoided areas with bare soil cover, and the Eurasian Jay chose more forested areas. The species with similar habitat selection also had congruent spatial distributions. Our results indicate that although the corvids had some tendencies regarding habitat selection, as generalists, they still tolerated a wide range of urban habitats, which resulted in high overlap in their habitat niches and spatial distributions.

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coexistenceCorvidaeEuropehabitat overlapniche overlapsympatryurbanization

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PMCPMC10093487
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