The survival value of flocking in neotropical birds: Reality or fiction?

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3416-3430

  Jullien, Mathilde ^a   Clobert, Jean ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adult survival; Facultative flocking; Foraging efficiency; Life history traits; Mixed species flocks; Neotropical forest; Obligate flocking behavior; Passerine; Predator avoidance; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; AVIFAUNA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034510833     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3416:TSVOFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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