The nuclear question: Rethinking species importance in multi-species animal groups

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 948-954

  Srinivasan, Umesh ^a,b   Raza, Rashid Hasnain ^a   Quader, Suhel ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Centre for Wildlife Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Attendant species; Mixed species bird flocks; Multi species animal groups; nuclear species; Randomization analysis; Species associations

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; GROUP BEHAVIOR; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; INDIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79952014277     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01707.x     Document Type: Article

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