Piotr Tryjanowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 145166 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Piotr Tryjanowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Piotr |
| FAMILY NAME | Tryjanowski |
| SIGNATURE | TRYJANOWSKI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Life Sciences in Poznań |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8358-0797 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gender differences in birding specialization from 25 countries: Effects are large in skill/knowledge and minimal in commitment
This study investigates gender differences in birding specialization, a leisure activity characterized by three dimensions: skill/knowledge, behavior, and psychological commitment. We used data from a worldwide survey during December 19th 2020 and April 16th 2021 from 25 countries and psychometrically validated instruments. A total of 4006 people (2737 men, 1269 women; mean age 50.13 years, SD = 16.5) participated in the study. Meta-analytical to…
Urban landscape organization is associated with differences in avian-mediated regulating ecosystem services
Urban landscape organization affects avian-mediated regulating ecosystem services (RES). • Land-sharing provides more bird-mediated scavenging, seed dispersal and pest control. • There are seasonal differences in the provision of avian-mediated RES. • Green cover and fruit-bearing plants enhance the provision of avian-mediated RES. • Higher levels of built cover and pedestrians decrease several avian-mediated RES. Urbanization alters ecosystems t…
Sex matters: European urban birds flee approaching women sooner than approaching men
Flight initiation distance (FID) is a metric often used to study an individual's perceptions of risk when facing a predatory threat. Longer FID indicates lower risk‐taking, while shorter FID identifies bolder individuals who tolerate greater risk. Until now, no studies have tested the potential effect of the observer's sex on the escape behaviour of wild birds. Given observed differences in how laboratory animals may respond to the sex of humans …
Covid-19 facial covering during outdoor recreation reflects historical disease prevalence and culture above and beyond governmental measures – A study in 53 countries
The COVID-19 pandemic severely influenced human behavior due to governmental restrictions. In addition to administrative restrictions, other factors, like historical disease prevalence and culture might impact on recent behavior. The parasite stress theory of values and sociality predicts an influence of historical diseases on human culture and may be of important influence on current human behavioral responses towards the pandemic. To address th…
Key conservation actions for European steppes in the context of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
The Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM–GBF) envisions a world living in harmony with nature by 2050, with 23 intermediate targets to be achieved by 2030. However, aligning international policy and national and local implementation of effective actions can be challenging. Using steppe birds, one of the most threatened vertebrate groups in Europe, as a model system, we identified 36 conservation actions for the achievement of the KM…
How do urban green space designs shape avian communities? Testing the area–heterogeneity trade-off
What factors affect the ‘flocking’ of birdwatchers during bird rarity observations
Detecting rare bird species is an essential aspect of ornithological culture. The pursuit of observing rare bird species is not only a key facet of birdwatching tourism but also a fascinating intersection between ornithology and sociology. However, patterns in birdwatcher gatherings around rare birds and the factors affecting these patterns in situ are largely unexplored. We directly asked 50 birdwatchers and analysed available photos to obtain d…
No such Thing as Bad Birding Weather, but Depends on Personal Experience
Weather importantly affects leisure, especially outdoor activities, like birding, which can be recognized as serious leisure. Outdoor attractive and feasible activities throughout the year, also in adverse weather conditions, are extremely sought after by therapists and leisure organizers. Then, we asked 388 Polish birders how their activity was related to weather and then analyzed how experience, age and gender may modify birding behavior. As mi…
Recognizing the importance of near-home contact with nature for mental well-being based on the Covid-19 lockdown experience
Several urban landscape planning solutions have been introduced around the world to find a balance between developing urban spaces, maintaining and restoring biodiversity, and enhancing quality of human life. Our global mini-review, combined with analysis of big data collected from Google Trends at global scale, reveals the importance of enjoying day-to-day contact with nature and engaging in such activities as nature observation and identificati…
Charismatic Species and Birdwatching: Advanced Birders Prefer Small, Shy, Dull, and Rare Species
Studies about charismatic bird species have been carried out using the general public; among the most common charismatic attributes are body mass and coloration. However, research on birders as a target population is lacking. Birders are people who identify bird species based on visual or acoustic cues. It is important to study this group directly because they invest a lot of time and effort in citizen science projects and donate money to the con…
Occupancy-frequency distribution of birds in land-sharing and -sparing urban landscapes in Europe
Species richness is a widely used proxy for patterns of biodiversity variation in metacommunities. However, deeper analyses require additional metrics, such as the occupancy-frequency distributions (SOFD) of different local communities. The SOFD patterns indicate the number of shared species between study sites; therefore, they can provide new insights into the current debate on how to create more biodiversity-friendly cities. Breeding birds were…
Committed Bird-Watchers Gain Greater Psychological Restorative Benefits Compared to Those Less Committed Regardless of Expertise
Numerous studies have shown a positive impact of nature on psychological restoration and on well-being, which, in turn, are related to life satisfaction. Previous studies were place based or episode assessments, usually in the field. Here, we studied bird-watchers at different levels of their recreational specialization, especially the factor commitment. We applied a leisure activity-related questionnaire to assess psychological restorativeness. …
Birding recreation specialization – A test of the factorial invariance in eight languages
Birding specialization can be measured alongside a continuum from the beginner to the specialist. The structure of birding specialization has three dimensions: (1) skill/knowledge, (2) behavior, and (3) psychological commitment. We tested the factorial structure and factorial invariance of the birding specialization scale in traditional and simplified Chinese, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish birders. A total of 2,913 (32…
Sentiment Analysis of Comments of American Birders during Two Waves of the Covid-19 Pandemic Reveal More Negative Sentiments in the Context of Birding
Human-nature relationships are an important aspect of leisure research. Previous studies also reported that nature-related activities have a health benefit. In this study, we surveyed US-American birdwatchers at two time points during the COVID pandemic (independent samples). During the beginning of the COVID pandemic in spring 2020, we analyzed their comments with an AI sentiment analysis. Approximately one year later (winter 2020/21), during th…
Drivers of farmers’ willingness to adopt extensive farming practices in a globally important bird area
The Covid-19 pandemic: Local to global implications as perceived by urban ecologists
The global COVID-19 pandemic is affecting everyone, but in many different ways, stimulating contrasting reactions and responses: opportunities for some, difficulties for many. A simple survey of how individual workers in urban ecology have been coping with COVID-19 constraints found divergent responses to COVID-19 on people’s activities, both within countries and between continents. Many academics felt frustrated at being unable to do fieldwork, …
Sars-CoV2 (Covid-19) Pandemic Lockdown Influences Nature-Based Recreational Activity: The Case of Birders
The new corona virus infection SARS-CoV2 which was later renamed COVID-19 is a pandemic affecting public health. The fear and the constraints imposed to control the pandemic may correspondingly influence leisure activities, such as birding, which is the practice of observing birds based on visual and acoustic cues. Birders are people who carry out birding observations around the globe and contribute to the massive data collection in citizen scien…
The Vulture in the Sky and the Hominin on the Land: Three Million Years of Human-Vulture Interaction
Vultures and humans have been sympatric for millions of years and evidence from the archaeological and historical records suggests interdependence over long periods. Like other species, early hominins probably used these birds to locate carcasses in the landscape. With the evolution of large-bodied and more encephalized hominins, the quest for high-quality food would have intensified. Vultures used as beacons for meat may have been particularly i…
The economic recreational value of a white stork nesting colony: A case of ‘stork village’ in Poland
The Vulture in the Sky and the Hominin on the Land: Three Million Years of Human-Vulture Interaction
Vultures and humans have been sympatric for millions of years and evidence from the archaeological and historical records suggests interdependence over long periods. Like other species, early hominins probably used these birds to locate carcasses in the landscape. With the evolution of large-bodied and more encephalized hominins, the quest for high-quality food would have intensified. Vultures used as beacons for meat may have been particularly i…
Birding recreation specialization – A test of the factorial invariance in eight languages
Birding specialization can be measured alongside a continuum from the beginner to the specialist. The structure of birding specialization has three dimensions: (1) skill/knowledge, (2) behavior, and (3) psychological commitment. We tested the factorial structure and factorial invariance of the birding specialization scale in traditional and simplified Chinese, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish birders. A total of 2,913 (32…
The economic recreational value of a white stork nesting colony: A case of ‘stork village’ in Poland
No such Thing as Bad Birding Weather, but Depends on Personal Experience
Weather importantly affects leisure, especially outdoor activities, like birding, which can be recognized as serious leisure. Outdoor attractive and feasible activities throughout the year, also in adverse weather conditions, are extremely sought after by therapists and leisure organizers. Then, we asked 388 Polish birders how their activity was related to weather and then analyzed how experience, age and gender may modify birding behavior. As mi…
Drivers of farmers’ willingness to adopt extensive farming practices in a globally important bird area
Charismatic Species and Birdwatching: Advanced Birders Prefer Small, Shy, Dull, and Rare Species
Studies about charismatic bird species have been carried out using the general public; among the most common charismatic attributes are body mass and coloration. However, research on birders as a target population is lacking. Birders are people who identify bird species based on visual or acoustic cues. It is important to study this group directly because they invest a lot of time and effort in citizen science projects and donate money to the con…
The economic recreational value of a white stork nesting colony: A case of ‘stork village’ in Poland
The Vulture in the Sky and the Hominin on the Land: Three Million Years of Human-Vulture Interaction
Vultures and humans have been sympatric for millions of years and evidence from the archaeological and historical records suggests interdependence over long periods. Like other species, early hominins probably used these birds to locate carcasses in the landscape. With the evolution of large-bodied and more encephalized hominins, the quest for high-quality food would have intensified. Vultures used as beacons for meat may have been particularly i…
The Covid-19 pandemic: Local to global implications as perceived by urban ecologists
The global COVID-19 pandemic is affecting everyone, but in many different ways, stimulating contrasting reactions and responses: opportunities for some, difficulties for many. A simple survey of how individual workers in urban ecology have been coping with COVID-19 constraints found divergent responses to COVID-19 on people’s activities, both within countries and between continents. Many academics felt frustrated at being unable to do fieldwork, …
Sars-CoV2 (Covid-19) Pandemic Lockdown Influences Nature-Based Recreational Activity: The Case of Birders
The new corona virus infection SARS-CoV2 which was later renamed COVID-19 is a pandemic affecting public health. The fear and the constraints imposed to control the pandemic may correspondingly influence leisure activities, such as birding, which is the practice of observing birds based on visual and acoustic cues. Birders are people who carry out birding observations around the globe and contribute to the massive data collection in citizen scien…
Sentiment Analysis of Comments of American Birders during Two Waves of the Covid-19 Pandemic Reveal More Negative Sentiments in the Context of Birding
Human-nature relationships are an important aspect of leisure research. Previous studies also reported that nature-related activities have a health benefit. In this study, we surveyed US-American birdwatchers at two time points during the COVID pandemic (independent samples). During the beginning of the COVID pandemic in spring 2020, we analyzed their comments with an AI sentiment analysis. Approximately one year later (winter 2020/21), during th…
Drivers of farmers’ willingness to adopt extensive farming practices in a globally important bird area
Occupancy-frequency distribution of birds in land-sharing and -sparing urban landscapes in Europe
Species richness is a widely used proxy for patterns of biodiversity variation in metacommunities. However, deeper analyses require additional metrics, such as the occupancy-frequency distributions (SOFD) of different local communities. The SOFD patterns indicate the number of shared species between study sites; therefore, they can provide new insights into the current debate on how to create more biodiversity-friendly cities. Breeding birds were…
Committed Bird-Watchers Gain Greater Psychological Restorative Benefits Compared to Those Less Committed Regardless of Expertise
Numerous studies have shown a positive impact of nature on psychological restoration and on well-being, which, in turn, are related to life satisfaction. Previous studies were place based or episode assessments, usually in the field. Here, we studied bird-watchers at different levels of their recreational specialization, especially the factor commitment. We applied a leisure activity-related questionnaire to assess psychological restorativeness. …
Birding recreation specialization – A test of the factorial invariance in eight languages
Birding specialization can be measured alongside a continuum from the beginner to the specialist. The structure of birding specialization has three dimensions: (1) skill/knowledge, (2) behavior, and (3) psychological commitment. We tested the factorial structure and factorial invariance of the birding specialization scale in traditional and simplified Chinese, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish birders. A total of 2,913 (32…
No such Thing as Bad Birding Weather, but Depends on Personal Experience
Weather importantly affects leisure, especially outdoor activities, like birding, which can be recognized as serious leisure. Outdoor attractive and feasible activities throughout the year, also in adverse weather conditions, are extremely sought after by therapists and leisure organizers. Then, we asked 388 Polish birders how their activity was related to weather and then analyzed how experience, age and gender may modify birding behavior. As mi…
Recognizing the importance of near-home contact with nature for mental well-being based on the Covid-19 lockdown experience
Several urban landscape planning solutions have been introduced around the world to find a balance between developing urban spaces, maintaining and restoring biodiversity, and enhancing quality of human life. Our global mini-review, combined with analysis of big data collected from Google Trends at global scale, reveals the importance of enjoying day-to-day contact with nature and engaging in such activities as nature observation and identificati…
Charismatic Species and Birdwatching: Advanced Birders Prefer Small, Shy, Dull, and Rare Species
Studies about charismatic bird species have been carried out using the general public; among the most common charismatic attributes are body mass and coloration. However, research on birders as a target population is lacking. Birders are people who identify bird species based on visual or acoustic cues. It is important to study this group directly because they invest a lot of time and effort in citizen science projects and donate money to the con…
How do urban green space designs shape avian communities? Testing the area–heterogeneity trade-off
What factors affect the ‘flocking’ of birdwatchers during bird rarity observations
Detecting rare bird species is an essential aspect of ornithological culture. The pursuit of observing rare bird species is not only a key facet of birdwatching tourism but also a fascinating intersection between ornithology and sociology. However, patterns in birdwatcher gatherings around rare birds and the factors affecting these patterns in situ are largely unexplored. We directly asked 50 birdwatchers and analysed available photos to obtain d…
Covid-19 facial covering during outdoor recreation reflects historical disease prevalence and culture above and beyond governmental measures – A study in 53 countries
The COVID-19 pandemic severely influenced human behavior due to governmental restrictions. In addition to administrative restrictions, other factors, like historical disease prevalence and culture might impact on recent behavior. The parasite stress theory of values and sociality predicts an influence of historical diseases on human culture and may be of important influence on current human behavioral responses towards the pandemic. To address th…
Key conservation actions for European steppes in the context of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
The Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM–GBF) envisions a world living in harmony with nature by 2050, with 23 intermediate targets to be achieved by 2030. However, aligning international policy and national and local implementation of effective actions can be challenging. Using steppe birds, one of the most threatened vertebrate groups in Europe, as a model system, we identified 36 conservation actions for the achievement of the KM…
Gender differences in birding specialization from 25 countries: Effects are large in skill/knowledge and minimal in commitment
This study investigates gender differences in birding specialization, a leisure activity characterized by three dimensions: skill/knowledge, behavior, and psychological commitment. We used data from a worldwide survey during December 19th 2020 and April 16th 2021 from 25 countries and psychometrically validated instruments. A total of 4006 people (2737 men, 1269 women; mean age 50.13 years, SD = 16.5) participated in the study. Meta-analytical to…
Urban landscape organization is associated with differences in avian-mediated regulating ecosystem services
Urban landscape organization affects avian-mediated regulating ecosystem services (RES). • Land-sharing provides more bird-mediated scavenging, seed dispersal and pest control. • There are seasonal differences in the provision of avian-mediated RES. • Green cover and fruit-bearing plants enhance the provision of avian-mediated RES. • Higher levels of built cover and pedestrians decrease several avian-mediated RES. Urbanization alters ecosystems t…
Sex matters: European urban birds flee approaching women sooner than approaching men
Flight initiation distance (FID) is a metric often used to study an individual's perceptions of risk when facing a predatory threat. Longer FID indicates lower risk‐taking, while shorter FID identifies bolder individuals who tolerate greater risk. Until now, no studies have tested the potential effect of the observer's sex on the escape behaviour of wild birds. Given observed differences in how laboratory animals may respond to the sex of humans …
Geography (14 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (6 works) · Habitat (5 works) · Pandemic (5 works) · Recreation (5 works)