Why do birds participate in mixed-species foraging flocks? A large-scale synthesis

By H. Sridhar, G. Beauchamp, K. Shanker. 2009

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Effects of predation risk on foraging behaviour and group size: adaptations in a social cooperative species (2012, background): “…example, groups might be more adept than individuals at finding and foraging for food (Clark & Mangel 1986; Giraldeau & Beauchamp 1999; Krause & Ruxton 2002), as well as at detecting or evading predators (Pulliam 1973; Neill & Cullen 1974; Elgar 1989; Roberts 1996; Caro 2005; Sridhar et al. 2009).”
Food-associated vocalizations in mammals and birds: what do these calls really mean? (2012, background): “For small-bodied species that are vulnerable to predation, recruiting conspecifics, or even heterospecifics, may function to reduce predation risk, either by dilution or increased vigilance (Sridhar et al. 2009; house sparrows, Passer domesticus: Elgar 1986; Newman & Caraco 1989; Elowson et al. 1991”
The spatial scale of plant-animal interactions: effects of resource availability and habitat structure (2011, background): “Among these mechanisms, intrinsic population processes, such as dispersal limitation in the case of predatory rodents (Wolton and Flowerdew 1985) or wintering aggregative behavior in the case of frugivorous birds (Sridhar et al. 2009), may account for aggregation at finer scales.”
Mixed-species flocks: an example of niche construction? (2011, background): “The most cited potential foraging benefit of participation in mixed-species flocks is the increas d foraging efficiency as the result of shared vigilance (Wiley 1980; Powell 1985; Metcalfe 1989; Roberts 1996; Sasvári & Hegyi 1998; Thiollay 1999; Herzog et al. 2002; Sridhar et al 2009).”