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Farmers may need greater incentives to promote birds by installing nest boxes, like the one in this photo, in the contexts in which birds don’t provide strong pest control services. Photo credit: Olivia Smith
08 April 2022

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Birds don’t strongly impact broccoli damage or yields on diversified U.S. West Coast farms

If you’re reading this, you probably already know that birds are in decline across North America, in part due to intensive agriculture.

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A Mourning Dove’s age can be determined from the pattern of feathers on its wing. Photo by David Muñoz.
11 March 2020

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Is Intensive Agriculture Reducing Mourning Dove Reproduction in the Eastern U.S.?

Populations of some common bird species, including the familiar Mourning Dove, have been on the decline for decades in North America.

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Dickcissels were among the birds eating pest insects in cornfields. Photo by Daryl Coldren.
06 March 2020

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Birds Provide a Boost to Corn but Not Soybean Crops in the Midwest

The Midwest’s vast seas of corn and soybeans are not known for their bird abundance or diversity, but if you look in the right places, the birds are there.

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