Habitat use by birds in landfills of northeastern Buenos Aires province, Argentina
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https://doi.org/10.25260/EA.13.23.3.0.1159Keywords:
waste, gulls, doves, environment disturbed, man and birds, landfillsAbstract
Rubbish dumps and landfills are attractive sites for different species of opportunistic birds which can increase their populations on the food supplement offered by organic waste. These birds can act like vectors of diseases or polluting agents, damage agriculture, increase the risk of bird strikes, and have negative effects on other species through competition or predation. The goals of this work are to identify and quantify the species of birds and their habitat use within three landfills of the northeast of the Buenos Aires province, and to determine the importance of the waste amount deposited on these variables during two consecutive winter periods. Total bird abundance was different between landfills in both winters, and gulls predominated in the three landfills. North 3 landfill had the greater abundance of gulls and doves. Wading birds were significantly more abundant in González Catán Landfill, and the birds of prey had similar abundances in the three landfills in both periods. In both periods, the gulls were abundant in all habitats of three landfills, whereas only the abundance of doves in North 3 landfill was related to the final waste disposition sites and to the near edge (<200m) area. Exposed waste in surface was positively correlated with total bird abundance and the abundance of doves, which are themselves related to the daily amount waste deposited. Reduction of the organic portion and waste handling during the final disposition, habitat management around the final disposition sites, together with both passive and active direct control methods would reduce the abundance of birds in landfills and their negative potential effects on man and the environment.
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