Which food patches are worth exploring? Foraging desert birds do not follow environmental indicators of seed abundance at small scales: a field experiment
F. A. Milesi, J. Lopez de Casenave, V. R. Cueto
This study shows that desert birds do not use environmental indicators to select foraging patches at small scales, but instead exhibit top-down spatial effects and larger-scale influences on seed removal.
bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2018Ecology