Study of human knowledge and attitude toward urban birds in Faisalabad city, Pakistan
| Autor: | M F Nawaz, M. Altaf, Sadaf Gul, Ghulam Yasin, M Asif, I. Ahmad, N Rana, S H Khan, R Fatima, J. Naseer, Shazia Afzal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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QH301-705.5
Science Population Biodiversity population sparrow Myna Birds biology.animal gender Animals Humans Pakistan Cities Biology (General) Socioeconomics education Environmental degradation Ecosystem education.field_of_study geography Sparrow geography.geographical_feature_category biology Botany dynamics biology.organism_classification Human knowledge Residential area QL1-991 QK1-989 Species richness General Agricultural and Biological Sciences urban Zoology |
| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol 83 (2021) Brazilian Journal of Biology v.83 2023 Brazilian Journal of Biology Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE) instacron:IIE |
| ISSN: | 1678-4375 1519-6984 |
| Popis: | Birds are very valuable indicators of species richness and endemic patterns in a specified ecosystem, which eventually help the scientist to measure the environmental degradation. The aim of present study was to know human knowledge and attitude toward urban birds in Faisalabad city, Pakistan. The study conducted in four consecutive months: November 2019 to February 2020. Population of birds was noted from eight residential towns of Faisalabad city, data were collected through questionnaire. Faisalabad has a reasonably large population of birds and present data show that, there is a significant difference between favorite bird of residential areas and institutions. The pigeon received the most likeness in bird population among residential area residents, while the myna received the least. The most popular bird in Faisalabad institutions was the sparrow, while the least popular bird was the common myna. Bird adaptation percentage of residential areas and institutional areas of Faisalabad was the highest for parrot and sparrow respectively. People in residential areas and institutions, on the other hand, adapted least to common myna. It is concluded that people of the study area like birds and offered food and high population of birds are present in study area. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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