Fine-Scale Distribution, Abundance, and Foraging Behavior of Salvin's, Buller's, and Chatham Albatrosses in the Northern Humboldt Upwelling System1

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Javier Quiñones ◽  
Ana Alegre ◽  
Cynthia Romero ◽  
Massiel Manrique ◽  
Luis Vásquez
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LG Torres ◽  
DR Thompson ◽  
S Bearhop ◽  
S Votier ◽  
GA Taylor ◽  
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Takashi Iwata ◽  
Kentaro Q. Sakamoto ◽  
Akinori Takahashi ◽  
Ewan W. J. Edwards ◽  
Iain J. Staniland ◽  
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pp. e0178318 ◽  
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Autumn-Lynn Harrison ◽  
Adriana Vallarino ◽  
Patrick D. Gerard ◽  
Patrick G. R. Jodice

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Simon J. Brandl ◽  
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David R. Bellwood

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The Auk ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harrison H Jones ◽  
Mitchell J Walters ◽  
Scott K Robinson

Abstract Mixed-species flocks are ubiquitous in forest bird communities, yet the extent to which positive (facilitative) or negative (competitive) interactions structure these assemblages has been a subject of debate. Here, we describe the fine-scale foraging ecology and use network analysis to quantify mixed-species flocking interactions of an insectivorous bird community in hardwood forests of north-central Florida. Our goal was to determine if similarly foraging species are more (facilitation hypothesis) or less (competition hypothesis) likely to associate in flocks, and if foraging ecology can explain intraspecific abundance patterns within flocks. We quantified attack maneuvers, foraging substrate, and foraging microhabitat of all 17 common insectivorous species in these forests and characterized the composition of 92 flocks encountered. Flocking was important in our community; 14 of 17 species joined more than 5% of flocks, and 10 species had flocking propensities of over 0.80. Our results supported both hypothesized mechanisms structuring flock composition. Species had distinct, well-defined foraging niches during the nonbreeding season, but foraging niche overlap among flocking species was greater than expected by chance. Consistent with the facilitation hypothesis, we found that similarly foraging species were significantly more likely to associate in flocks, a result driven by lower association strengths in large-bodied woodpeckers. We found no evidence of assortment by foraging behavior, however, likely because foraging behavior and substrate use showed strong niche partitioning at the fine scale within our community. Intraspecific abundance patterns were significantly linked to foraging substrate use, with live leaf use correlated with high within-flock abundance and relative abundance at study sites. Species that specialized on comparatively less abundant substrates (tree trunks, epiphytes, dead leaves) joined flocks as singletons, showed lower relative abundance, and may exhibit nonbreeding territoriality. Our results highlight the importance of foraging substrate use and mixed-species flocks in structuring the nonbreeding ecology of migratory birds.


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2014 ◽  
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pp. e92838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenady Wilson ◽  
Monique Lance ◽  
Steven Jeffries ◽  
Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez

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Russell L. Steere

Complementary replicas have revealed the fact that the two common faces observed in electron micrographs of freeze-fracture and freeze-etch specimens are complementary to each other and are thus the new faces of a split membrane rather than the original inner and outer surfaces (1, 2 and personal observations). The big question raised by published electron micrographs is why do we not see depressions in the complementary face opposite membrane-associated particles? Reports have appeared indicating that some depressions do appear but complementarity on such a fine scale has yet to be shown.Dog cardiac muscle was perfused with glutaraldehyde, washed in distilled water, then transferred to 30% glycerol (material furnished by Dr. Joaquim Sommer, Duke Univ., and VA Hospital, Durham, N.C.). Small strips were freeze-fractured in a Denton Vacuum DFE-2 Freeze-Etch Unit with complementary replica tooling. Replicas were cleaned in chromic acid cleaning solution, then washed in 4 changes of distilled water and mounted on opposite sides of the center wire of a Formvar-coated grid.


Ecography ◽  
2000 ◽  
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pp. 21-31 ◽  
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Thomas G. Wolcott ◽  
Donna L. Wolcott ◽  
Anson H. Hines

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