Does niche-overlap facilitate mixed-species flocking in birds?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 955-963

  Hsieh, Fushing ^a,b   Chen, Chao Chieh ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcippe morrisonia; Attendant species; Flocking behavior; Nuclear species; Positive interactions; Timaliidae

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FACILITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP; SONGBIRD;

TAIWAN;

ALCIPPE MORRISONIA; AVES; TIMALIIDAE;

EID: 80052762314     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0678-1     Document Type: Article

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