Decay of interspecific avian flock networks along a disturbance gradient in Amazonia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1776, 2013, Pages

  Mokross, Karl ^a,b   Ryder, Thomas B ^c   Côrtes, Marina Corrêa ^b,d   Wolfe, Jared D ^a,b   Stouffer, Philip C ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Forest fragmentation; Heterogeneous landscapes; Insectivorous birds; Mixed species flocks; Network theory

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INSECTIVORE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84890086506     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2599     Document Type: Article

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