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. 2015 Aug 11;3:e1177. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1177

Table 1. Correlations between bird numbers and years and between plots.

Correlations in capture and observation rates of guilds across years and between plots. Guilds follow Terborgh et al. (1990). P-values are given without correction for multiple comparisons.

Across years Betweeen plots
Group Harpia Puma
r P < r P < r P <
Captures
All species combined −0.83 0.001 −0.77 0.002 0.90 0.001
Mixed-species flocks −0.59 0.03 −0.50 0.07 0.57 0.04
Arboreal insectivores −0.76 0.002 −0.60 0.03 0.61 0.03
Gleaning −0.69 0.006 −0.60 0.03 0.60 0.03
Sallying −0.71 0.005 −0.39 0.17 0.47 0.09
Dead leaves −0.43 0.13 −0.77 0.002 0.68 0.01
Terrestrial insectivores −0.76 0.002 −0.82 0.001 0.92 0.001
Army-ant followers −0.53 0.05 −0.50 0.07 0.35 0.21
Arboreal frugivores −0.59 0.003 −0.60 0.03 0.55 0.04
Arboreal omnivores −0.25 0.39 0.27 0.35 −0.01 0.97
Nectarivores −0.56 0.04 −0.52 0.06 0.20 0.49
Observations
All species combined −0.90 0.003 −0.93 0.001 0.93 0.001
Understory flocks −0.72 0.05 −0.78 0.03 0.83 0.01
Canopy flocks −0.81 0.02 −0.92 0.001 0.77 0.03
Army-ant followers −0.64 0.08 −0.69 0.06 0.46 0.25
Gleaning insectivores −0.83 0.01 −0.86 0.01 0.90 0.002
Sallying insectivores −0.93 0.001 −0.91 0.002 0.93 0.001
Terrestrial insectivores −0.71 0.05 −0.97 0.001 0.80 0.02
Bark insectivores −0.80 0.02 −0.55 0.16 0.67 0.07
Dead leaf foragers −0.52 0.18 −0.81 0.02 0.83 0.01
Arboreal omnivores −0.85 0.007 −0.85 0.008 0.78 0.02
Arboreal frugivores −0.82 0.012 −0.96 0.001 0.81 0.13
Terrestrial frugivores −0.16 0.70 0.22 0.60 0.35 0.39
Arboreal granivores −0.68 0.06 −0.82 0.013 0.75 0.03
Terrestrial granivores −0.25 0.55 −0.54 0.16 0.64 0.09
Nectarivores −0.68 0.06 −0.63 0.09 0.68 0.06