作者: Vivek Ramachandran , T. Ganesh
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7161-5_20
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摘要: In structurally complex tropical forests, an understanding of forest ecosystems must address biodiversity and community interactions at all levels (Lowman Rinker 2004). The structural complexity, species diversity, fluctuations in microclimate, resource availability separate the canopy from other strata. Canopy bird communities include important functional groups, such as seed dispersers, pollinators, predators (Howe 1977; Nadkarni Matelson 1989; Holbrook Smith 2000). addition, many long-distance elevational migrants use canopies, their ecology, distribution, abundance is necessary for conservation (Loiselle 1987; Anderson 2009).