Thanks for featuring our work! Across 6 Italian cities (220 point counts; breeding + winter), we find that established parakeets tend to expand the functional trait space of urban bird communities, consistent with filling underused niche space.
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Non-native parrot species expand the trait space of avian communities by filling empty niches in urban areas | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Fabio Marcolin, Riccardo Alba, Stefano Mammola, Giacomo Assandri, Luca Ilahiane, Diego Rubolini, Luís Reino, Dan Chamberlain | #ornithology 🪶
A recent study has examined whether non-native parrots in European cities compete directly with native birds or occupy ecological roles that are otherwise underrepresented in urban systems:
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How Do Introduced Parrots Thrive In Cities?
"Are parrots competing with native bird species for essential resources or are they living in unexploited ecological spaces?"
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#ecology #IntroducedSpecies #biodiversity #UrbanBirds www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...