Are mixed-species bird flocks stable through two decades?

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Martínez, Ari E ^a   Gomez, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy; Home range; Long term stability; Mixed species bird flocks; Nouragues biological station

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; DISTURBANCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HOME RANGE; ROOST SITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL REGION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; NESTING; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

FRENCH GUIANA; NOURAGUES;

AVES;

EID: 84879014458     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669152     Document Type: Article

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