The structure of mixed-species bird flocks,and their response to anthropogenic disturbance,with special reference to East Asia

作     者：Eben Goodale Ping Ding Xiaohu Liu Ari Martínez Xingfeng Si Mitch Walters Scott K.Robinson 

作者机构：Department of ForestryGuangxi University College of Life SciencesZhejiang University Wildlife Conservation SocietyChina Program Department of BiologySan Francisco State University Department of BiologyUniversity of Florida Florida Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of Florida 

出 版 物：《Chinese Birds》 (中国鸟类（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第6卷第3期

页      面：121-131页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：the 1000 Plan Recruitment Program of Global Experts of the People’s Republic of China the Special Talent Recruitment Program of Guangxi University for support 

主　　题：Biodiversity crisis Biological networks Community assembly Competition Interspecific communication Keystone species Mutualism Pr 

摘      要：Mixed-species flocks of birds are distributed world-wide and can be especially dominant in temperate forests during the non-breeding season and in tropical rainforests *** review from a community ecology perspective what is known about the structure and organization of flocks,emphasizing that flocking species tend to be those particularly vulnerable to predation,and flocks tend to be led by species that are able to act as sources of information about predators for other *** on how flocks respond to fragmentation and land-use intensification continue to accumulate,but the question of whether the flock phenomenon makes species more vulnerable to anthropogenic change remains *** review the literature on flocks in East Asia and demonstrate there is a good foundation of knowledge on which to *** then outline potentially fruitful future directions,focusing on studies that can investigate how dependent species are on each other in flocks,and how such interdependencies might affect avian habitat selection in the different types of human-modified environments of this region.