Foraging ecology and seasonal patterns of abundance in a forest avifauna

摘要: In forests on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales birds were most abundant and species richness greatest during spring summer. This coincided with peak abundance insects other foods used by birds. Most also nested these months. The majority avifauna was insectivorous or nectarivorous. A few ate seeds fruits preyed vertebrates. Species often differed in size, habitat, foraging behaviour, substrates which prey located, heights. Using differences it is possible to assign groups same resources behaviours. community organisation developed this way useful for understanding how use their environment, determining are important survival developing plans management that take wildlife into account.