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Predator foraging altitudes reveal the structure of aerial insect communities

The atmosphere is populated by a diverse array of dispersing insects and their predators. We studied aerial insect communities by tracking the foraging altitudes of an avian insectivore, the Purple Martin (Progne subis). By attaching altitude loggers to nesting Purple Martins and collecting prey del...

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Autores principales: Helms, Jackson A., Godfrey, Aaron P., Ames, Tayna, Bridge, Eli S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4926167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27352817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep28670

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