Positive relationships between association strength and phenotypic similarity characterize the assembly of mixed-species bird flocks worldwide

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 777-790

  Sridhar, Hari ^a   Srinivasan, Umesh ^b   Askins, Robert A ^c   Canales Delgadillo, Julio Cesar ^d   Chen, Chao Chieh ^e   Ewert, David N ^f   Gale, George A ^g   Goodale, Eben ^h   Gram, Wendy K ⁱ   Hart, Patrick J ^j   Hobson, Keith A ^k   Hutto, Richard L ^l   Kotagama, Sarath W ^m   Knowlton, Jessie L ⁿ   Lee, Tien Ming ^o   Munn, Charles A ^p   Nimnuan, Somchai ^g   Nizam, B Z ^q   Péron, Guillaume ^r,s   Robin, V V ^b   Rodewald, Amanda D ^t   Rodewald, Paul G ^t   Thomson, Robert L ^u   Trivedi, Pranav ^v   van Wilgenburg, Steven L ^k   Shanker, Kartik ^a   more..

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^g KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^h University of California at San Diego   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^k ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

ⁿ MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^p SouthWild   (Peru)

^q OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^r Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^s PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^t OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^v NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

more..

Author keywords

Community assembly; Interspecific competition; Metaanalysis; Mixed species flocks; Null models; Positive interactions

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; META-ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES;

EID: 84869179672     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668012     Document Type: Article

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