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Diversity in mixed species groups improves success in a novel feeder test in a wild songbird community

Mixed-species groups are common and are thought to provide benefits to group members via enhanced food finding and antipredator abilities. These benefits could accrue due to larger group sizes in general but also to the diverse species composition in the groups. We tested these possibilities using a...

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Autores principales: Freeberg, Todd M., Eppert, Shannon K., Sieving, Kathryn E., Lucas, Jeffrey R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5322357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28230159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep43014