Abstract
Birds are one of the most diverse groups of ecosystem service providers,
whose ecological functions range from creating soil to shaping primate
behavior, Nevertheless, the impression that birds have little influence
on ecological processes has been hard to change. Given the ongoing
declines in avian functional groups, there is a pressing need to
compare avian ecological functions to those of other taxa, to understand
how these functions translate to ecosystem services and to estimate
the ecological implications of bird declines. Here, I review the
ecological functions of birds, link them to ecosystem services and
outline research priorities for understanding avian contributions
to ecosystem functioning.
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