A new, cheap method to reduce bird mortality from window collisions

A new, cheap method to reduce bird mortality from window collisions

Authors

  • Julián Monge-Nájera Laboratorio de Ecología Urbana, Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), 2050 San José, Costa Rica
  • Zaidett Barrientos Llosa Laboratorio de Ecología Urbana, Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), 2050 San José, Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v10i1.2046

Keywords:

reduction of bird mortality, predator-avoidance behavior, reaction of birds to cats

Abstract

Many methods to prevent bird deaths at windows are ineffective, and some useful methods are expensive or displeasing. Here we offer, for free download, an image that ended bird accidents on large windows near a tropical cloud forest area, and propose hypotheses for its experimental evaluation

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Published

2018-02-28

How to Cite

Monge-Nájera, J., & Barrientos Llosa, Z. (2018). A new, cheap method to reduce bird mortality from window collisions. UNED Research Journal, 10. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v10i1.2046
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