Vertical stratification of an avian community in New Guinean tropical rainforest

• Published in: Population ecology Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 535 - 547
• Main Authors: Chmel, Kryštof, Riegert, Jan, Paul, Luda, Novotný, Vojtěch
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.10.2016; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal populations; Behavioral Sciences; Biodiversity; Biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bird abundance; Birds; Canopies; Canopy; Community ecology; Conservation areas; Diversity of birds; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Foliage; Food; Forest strata; Forestry; Forests; frugivores; Habitats; Herbivores; Insectivores; Leaves; Life Sciences; Mist; netting; omnivores; Original Article; Papua New Guinea; Plant Sciences; Predation; Rainforests; Stratification; Trophic guilds; Tropical forests; tropical rain forests; Understory; Vegetation; Walkways; Zoology; New Guinea; ISEW, Papua New Guinea, Madang Prov; Papua New Guinea; Trophic guilds; Diversity of birds; Bird abundance; Understory; Forest strata; Canopy

Vertical stratification of avian communities has been studied in both temperate and tropical forests; however, the majority of studies used ground-based methods. In this study we used ground-to-canopy mist nets to collect detailed data on vertical bird distribution in primary rain forest in Wanang C...