Bird functional diversity enhances insectivory at forest edges: A transcontinental experiment

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-159

  Barbaro, Luc ^a,b   Giffard, Brice ^a,b,c   Charbonnier, Yohan ^a,b   van Halder, Inge ^a,b   Brockerhoff, Eckehard G ^d  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^d SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian predation; Bird insect interactions; Edge effects; Functional evenness; Functional richness; Landscape diversity

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; INSECTIVORY; LARVA; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRANSECT;

FRANCE; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84891836907     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12132     Document Type: Article

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