A5023332648- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant and animal studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Marine animal studies overview
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Heavy metals in environment
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Urban Green Space and Health
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
2022-2025
Guangxi University
2015-2024
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
2013-2015
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2013-2015
University of California, San Diego
2011-2012
University of Papua New Guinea
2011
University of Colombo
2009-2010
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2005-2010
Google (United States)
2010
Yale University
2009
Competition theory predicts that local communities should consist of species are more dissimilar than expected by chance. We find a strikingly different pattern in multicontinent data set (55 presence-absence matrices from 24 locations) on the composition mixed-species bird flocks, which important subunits world over. By using null models and randomization tests followed meta-analysis, we association strengths flocks to be strongly related similarity body size foraging behavior higher for...
While many factors explain the colour of fleshy fruits, it is thought that black and red fruits are common in part because frugivorous birds prefer these colours. We examined this still controversial hypothesis at a tropical Asian field site, using artificial fresh four wild-caught resident bird species hand-raised naïve from three same species. demonstrate all favored more than yellow, blue, green, although was found subsequently to be similar blue its spectral reflectance. Wild-caught...
The increasing biodiversity loss worldwide has resulted in a growing need for cost-effective, efficient tools to monitor over large spatial and temporal scales. idea of using acoustic indices soniferous animal communities is becoming increasingly popular. Dozens have been proposed the last 15 years measure complexity as proxy biodiversity. However, we still lack sufficient evaluation indices' power predict biodiversity, factors modulating their efficacy. Here, extend recent meta-analysis on...
Abstract The urgency for remote, reliable, and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on climate ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), but there been no comprehensive overview of its coverage across realms. We present metadata from 358 datasets recorded since 1991 above land water constituting the first global synthesis sampling spatial, temporal, ecological scales. compiled summary statistics (sampling locations, deployment...
The flow of information about predators in mixed-species groups is likely to influence the structure and organization these communities. To map this flow, it necessary demonstrate a playback experiment that animals use provided heterospecific calls. We investigated response birds conspecific calls flock system Sri Lankan rainforest. played back aerial alarm species produce most alarms, Orange-billed Babbler (Turdoides rufescens) Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus), as well...
The value of local ecological knowledge (LEK) to conservation is increasingly recognised, but LEK being rapidly lost as indigenous livelihoods change. Biodiversity loss also a driver the LEK, quantitative study lacking. In our landscape in SW China, large proportion species have been extirpated. Hence, we were interested understand whether extirpation might led an erosion and implications this for conservation. So investigated peoples' ability name selection birds mammals their language from...
Mixed-species flocks of birds are distributed world-wide and can be especially dominant in temperate forests during the non-breeding season tropical rainforests year-round. We review from a community ecology perspective what is known about structure organization flocks, emphasizing that flocking species tend to those particularly vulnerable predation, led by able act as sources information predators for other species. Studies on how respond fragmentation land-use intensification continue...
The analysis of audio recordings through acoustic indices has been proposed as an efficient way to measure and monitor biodiversity, given the assumption that higher levels biodiversity produce more rapidly-changing complex sound. However, in previous work south China, we have found only moderate correlations between bird species richness, when analyzing were made at same time conducting point counts birds. Here, extended three study regions Guangxi Province, making observations both inside...
ABSTRACT Interspecific information flow is known to affect individual fitness, population dynamics and community assembly, but there has been less study of how species diversity affects thereby ecosystem functioning services. We address this question by first examining differences among in the sensitivity, accuracy, transmissibility, detectability value cues signals they produce, receive, store use derived from heterospecifics. then review interspecific occurs communities, involving a...
Vocal alarm calls are important to the vigilance and likely organization of mixed-species flocks, but community-wide studies calling in flocks lacking. We investigated which species alarm-call, characteristics their calls, a large flock system Sri Lankan rainforest. recorded naturally elicited during several attacks by Accipiter hawks while following for 10 h. then artificially alarms throwing stick side flock, total 70 trials at 30 sites. The Orange-billed Babbler (Turdoides rufescens) was...
How do birds select the sounds they mimic, and in what contexts use vocal mimicry? Some show a preference for mimicking other species' alarm notes, especially situations when appear to be alarmed. Yet no study has demonstrated that change call types mimic with changing contexts. We found greater racket-tailed drongos ( Dicrurus paradiseus ) rainforest of Sri Lanka calls predators alarm-associated species more often than would expected from frequency these acoustic environment. Drongos...
Studies of mixed-species bird flocks have found that ‘nuclear’ species, those important to flock coherence, are either intraspecifically gregarious or ‘sentinel’ species highly sensitive predators. Both types present in a Sri Lankan rain forest: orange-billed babblers ( Turdoides rufescens Blyth) gregarious, whereas greater racket-tailed drongos Dicrurus paradiseus Linnaeus) less so, but more and reliable alarm-callers. We hypothesized participants would be attracted the playback both than...
Among the various species that form mixed‐species bird flocks, “nuclear species” are thought to be important in flock formation and maintaining cohesion. Such nuclear have been noted occur large groups on their own lead but relationship between leadership intraspecific group size has not quantitatively tested at a scale. Using dataset of descriptive studies terrestrial systems collected over 75 y, we found was significantly larger leaders than attend same flocks do lead. The held reduced...