Review on the Status and Development of Bird Community Research
The research on avian community has always been one of the major fields of ecological study. Studies on avian community mainly focus on community composition and structure, guild, niche and inter-specific relationship, dynamic and succession, habitat of the community, effects of urbanization to the bird communities. During the past twenty years, most investigations on avian community have been concentrated on composition and structure, dynamic and succession, habitat relationship. However, only a small proportion of researches on effects of urbanization to the community have been conducted. Based on the reviews of studies on bird community worldwide, we discuss the research currently focused on and the future trends in this paper with the purpose of accelerating bird community research in China.
Bird communityComposition and structureGuildNiche and inter-specific relationshipHabitatDynamic and successionUrbanization