Ecological Studies of the Feral Pigeon Columba livia var. I. Population, Breeding Biology and Methods of Control

Murton, R. K.; Thearle, R. J. P.; Thompson, Jeremy

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“…In order to extend the considered scenarios, we modelled two populations, which we called 'Murton' and 'Haag', as demographic parameters were partly derived from papers published by Murton et al (1972Murton et al ( , 1974 and by Haag (1988Haag ( , 1990. The 'Murton' population was characterized by a comparable mortality rate between adults and juveniles (values derived from Murton et al, 1972), while the 'Haag' population had a rather high juvenile mortality and low adult mortality (values obtained as the average of those reported in Haag, 1988). 2.…”

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“…Actually, even though culling has been widely applied to feral pigeon populations in several cities in the past (see e.g. Feare, 1991;Johnston & Janiga, 1995;Murton et al, 1972;Sol & Senar, 1992) and it is still used in several contexts (see e.g. Senar et al, 2009), no scientific study has demonstrated the efficacy of this approach in significantly affecting population size.…”

Section: Cullingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Food resources management may be particularly effective when feral pigeon populations mostly depend on food resources located within the urban environment (see Murton et al, 1972;Rose et al, 2006;Sol & Senar, 1995). In this case it can be possible to manage food availability, although both theoretical considerations and field data indicates that this may be difficult (see Giunchi et al 2007a and references therein).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…Among heritage professionals and building managers, pigeon excreta have been claimed to cause unspecified chemical attack on wood (Leucci et al 2013), metals (Spennemann & Look 2006), and architectural stone (Murton et al 1972b). Bird droppings are known to contain salts; phosphoric, nitric and uric acids.…”

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Dietary habits of urban pigeons (Columba livia) and implications of excreta pH – a review

Spennemann¹,

Watson²

2017

European Journal of Ecology

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Pigeons are considered to be urban pests, causing untold damage to buildings and potentially impacting the health of humans who come into contact with them or their faeces. Pigeon faecal matter has been implicated in both health impacts and building damage, with the acidity of the excreta playing an important role. Purpose of the Review. This paper is a wide-ranging review of the chemical processes of excreta in the pigeon to aid our understanding of the potential problems of pigeons to buildings and human amenity in the urban space. The natural pH of pigeons is shown to vary based on the bird's and age as well as reproductive stage. Key findings of the review. The influences of the altered diet between the rock dove (the wild progenitor of the feral pigeon) and the feral pigeon are detailed, indicating that the human-based diet of urban pigeons most likely causes the feral pigeon excreta to be more acidic than the rock dove excreta. This higher acidity is due in part to diet, but also to potential increases in faecal and/or uric acid volumes due to the low quality of humanbased diets. Again, this area of interest is highly data deficient due to the few number of studies and unspecified dietary intake before pH measurement. Implications of the review. Humans are increasingly concerned about pigeon populations (and presumably their accumulated faeces) in the urban space, and control comprises a large part of the interaction between humans and feral pigeons. This review provides a greater understanding of feral pigeons and the true effects of their excreta. INTRODUCTION ABSTRACTColumba livia; pH; Foraging; Diet; Excreta KEYWORDS

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“…killing and scaring) are not effective in the long term. A common reason is that an equilibrium in the number of birds is reached when control mortality is balanced by recruitment and juveniles, either by reproduction or by immigration of juveniles from other populations, taking the places of those removed by the control programme (Murton et al 1972;Martin & Martin 1982;Haag-Wackernagel 1993b). Further, the impacts of some methods (e.g.…”

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Southeast Asian invasive birds: ecology, impact and management

Yap

Sodhi

2004

Ornithol. Sci.

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Invasive birds can have serious impacts on native biodiversity, native ecosystems and humans. However, there is a dearth of literature on the status and effects of invasive birds in Southeast Asia. We review the current available information on the invasive bird species in Southeast Asia, first by discussing characteristics that likely make invasive bird species successful and second by reviewing the impacts of the invasive bird species on Southeast Asian economy and biodiversity. We end by discussing the strengths and weaknesses, as well as the applicability of different management options.

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Ecological Studies of the Feral Pigeon Columba livia var. I. Population, Breeding Biology and Methods of Control

Cited by 78 publications

References 21 publications

Feral Pigeons: Problems, Dynamics and Control Methods

Feral Pigeons: Problems, Dynamics and Control Methods

Dietary habits of urban pigeons (Columba livia) and implications of excreta pH – a review

Southeast Asian invasive birds: ecology, impact and management

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