Testing the roles of species in mixed-species bird flocks of a Sri Lankan rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 669-676

  Goodale, Eben ^a   Kotagama, Sarath W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Avian community ecology; Dicrurus paradiseus; Heterospecific attraction; Mixed species flocks; Nuclear species; Playback; Sentinel species; Sri Lanka; Turdoides rufescens

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD;

AVES; DICRURUS PARADISEUS; MEGALAIMA FLAVIFRONS; TIMALIIDAE; TURDOIDES RUFESCENS;

EID: 26844495297     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002609     Document Type: Article

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