JM THIOLLAY, M Jullien - Ibis, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Randomly encountered foraging birds were recorded in a primary rain forest of French Guiana (13,550 records of 216 species), together with their size, diet and habitat use, to …
Greater foraging efficiency and/or better predator avoidance have long been assumed and used as explanations for the evolution of flocking behavior in birds. Even if the debate …
We examined the importance of mixed-species flock abundance, individual bird home range size, foraging height, and foraging patch characteristics in predicting the propensity for five …
During 30 months at a site in Amazonian Peru, I examined the costs and benefits of flocking for different species of forest birds. I mist-netted and individually color-banded over 2,000 …
F Hsieh, CC Chen - Journal of Ornithology, 2011 - Springer
Foraging niche overlap between attendant species and the nuclear species of mixed- species flocks may induce competition as well as facilitation. In this study, we hypothesized …
According to both the predation avoidance and foraging efficiency hypotheses, birds within mixed flocks increase their foraging efficiency and/or can spend more time feeding and less …
F Zou, G Chen, Q Yang, JR Fellowes - Ibis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 134 bird species were recorded at Jianfengling, Hainan Island, in China from May 2000 to September 2004, of which 44 participated in one or more of 134 mixed‐species …
Mixed-species flocks are ubiquitous in forest bird communities, yet the extent to which positive (facilitative) or negative (competitive) interactions structure these assemblages has …
M Jullien, JM Thiollay - Journal of Animal Ecology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
1. Eleven contiguous mixed‐species bird flocks, with colour‐banded individuals, were monitored continuously during 3 years in a 132‐ha study area of primary rainforest in French …