A review of invertebrates and seed‐bearing plants as food for farmland birds in Europe

JM Holland, MAS Hutchison, B Smith… - Annals of Applied …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Dietary information was reviewed for 22 bird species typically found in farmland areas
across Europe using 100 references from the UK and other European countries for which …

[PDF][PDF] Food Habits 8

CD MARTI, M BECHARD, FM JAKSIC - Raptor, 2007 - raptorresearchfoundation.org
Wildlife managers first became interested in raptor food habits in their attempts to assess the
impact of raptors on game animals and livestock (Fisher 1893, Errington 1930), but …

Food shortage in small fragments: evidence from an area‐sensitive passerine

L Zanette, P Doyle, SM Trémont - Ecology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Many forest‐interior songbirds are considered “area sensitive” because they are absent from
smaller forest remnants in fragmented landscapes. Reductions in food abundance with …

Effects of food availability on the distribution of migratory warblers among habitats in Jamaica

MD Johnson, TW Sherry - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2001 - JSTOR
1. Theoretical arguments suggest that distributions of migratory birds in winter should match
patterns of food availability, but in reality the match between migrants and their food may be …

The selection of stubble fields by wintering granivorous birds reflects vegetation cover and food abundance

D Moorcroft, MJ Whittingham, RB Bradbury… - Journal of applied …, 2002 - JSTOR
1. Fields left fallow after harvest (ie stubble fields) support high wintering densities of many
species of granivorous bird. We examined correlates of use by eight such species of …

Integrating landscape ecology and conservation physiology

RD Ellis, TJ McWhorter, M Maron - Landscape Ecology, 2012 - Springer
The need to understand how anthropogenic landscape alteration affects fauna populations
has never been more pressing. The importance of developing an understanding of the …

l4* Resources and primate community structure

CH Janson, CA Chapman - This page intentionally left blank, 1999 - cambridge.org
The concept of carrying capacity is fundamental in determining a species' density and
biomass, which enter into the equations used in ecological theory to predict species diversity …

Active or passive forest restoration? Assessing restoration alternatives with avian foraging behavior

EB Morrison, CA Lindell - Restoration Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Active and passive restoration are two important strategies to aid the recovery of large areas
of deforested and degraded tropical lands. Active restoration is where management …

Consumption choice by bears feeding on salmon

SM Gende, TP Quinn, MF Willson - Oecologia, 2001 - Springer
Consumption choice by brown (Ursus arctos) and black bears (U. americanus) feeding on
salmon was recorded for over 20,000 bear-killed fish from 1994 to 1999 in Bristol Bay …

Vertical stratification of seed‐dispersing vertebrate communities and their interactions with plants in tropical forests

S Thiel, M Tschapka, EW Heymann… - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vertical stratification (VS) is a widespread phenomenon in plant and animal communities in
forests and a key factor for structuring their species richness and biodiversity, particularly in …