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Phylogenetic conservatism and antiquity of a tropical specialization: army-ant-following in the typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae).

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Oct 2007

Brumfield Robb T, Tello Jose G, Cheviron Z A, Carling Matthew D, Crochet Nanette, Rosenberg Kenneth V

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One of the most novel foraging strategies in Neotropical birds is army-ant-following, in which birds prey upon arthropods and small vertebrates flushed from the forest floor by swarm raids of the army-ant Eciton burchellii. This specialization is most developed in the typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae) which are divisible into three specialization categories: (1) those that forage at swarms opportunistically as...

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PMID: 17768072
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.019

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