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AVONET : morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds
Tobias, Joseph A.; Sheard, Catherine; Pigot, Alex L.; Devenish, Adam J. M.; Yang, Jingyi; Sayol, Ferran; Neate‐Clegg, Montague H. C.; Alioravainen, NicoFunctional traits offer a rich quantitative framework for developing and testing theories in evolutionary biology, ecology and ecosystem science. However, the potential of functional traits to drive theoretical advances and refine models of global change can only be fully realised when species-level information is complete. Here we present the AVONET dataset containing comprehensive functional trait data for al...
Decay of interspecific avian flock networks along a disturbance gradient in Ama...
Mokross, Karl S.; Ryder, Thomas Brandt; Côrtes, Marina Corrêa; Wolfe, Jared D.; Stouffer, Philip C.Our understanding of how anthropogenic habitat change shapes species interactions is in its infancy. This is in large part because analytical approaches such as network theory have only recently been applied to characterize complex community dynamics. Network models are a powerful tool for quantifying how ecological interactions are affected by habitat modification because they provide metrics that quantify com...
Effects of a regenerating matrix on the survival of birds in tropical forest fr...
Wolfe, Jared D.; Stouffer, Philip C.; Bierregaard, Richard O.; Luther, David Andrew; Lovejoy, Thomas E.Background: Vast areas of lowland neotropical forest have regenerated after initially being cleared for agricultural purposes. The ecological value of regenerating second growth to forest-dwelling birds may largely depend on the age of the forest, associated vegetative structure, and when it is capable of sustaining avian demographics similar to those found in pristine forest. Methods: To determine the influenc...
Island vs. countryside biogeography: An examination of how Amazonian birds resp...
Wolfe, Jared D.; Stouffer, Philip C.; Mokross, Karl S.; Powell, Luke L.; Anciães, MarinaAvian diversity in fragmented Amazonian landscapes depends on a balance between extinction and colonization in cleared and disturbed areas. Regenerating forest facilitates bird dispersal within degraded Amazonian landscapes and may tip the balance in favor of persistence in habitat patches. Determining the response of Amazonian birds to fragmentation may be hindered because many species use adjacent second grow...