Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) Science Article 1
abstract
Forest-floor detrital food webs are sustained by annual inputs of leaf fall.However, it is unknown whether this bottom-up effect extends to vertebrates feeding onthe detrital food web. We hypothesized that reproductive success of Ovenbirds (Seiurusaurocapillus L.) is a function of macroinvertebrate biomass within the detrital food web,and that both macroinvertebrate biomass and Ovenbird reproduction can be predicted fromforest productivity (measured by site index)
STEVEN W. SEAGLE AND BRIAN R. STURTEVANT, Ecology, 86(6), 2005, pp. 1531-1539