Insectivorous birds consume an estimated 400–500 million tons of prey annually

Food composition of wintering great tits (Parus major): habitat and seasonal aspects

(2018) Marek Vel'ký et al.   FOLIA ZOOLOGICA

An estimated 400–800 million tons of prey are annually killed by the global spider community

(2017) Martin Nyffeler et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations

(2017) Tomas Roslin et al.   SCIENCE

An estimated 400–800 million tons of prey are annually killed by the global spider community

(2017) Martin Nyffeler et al.   Science of Nature

A classification scheme for avian diet types

(2016) Leonardo E. Lopes et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Predator foraging altitudes reveal the structure of aerial insect communities

(2016) Jackson A. Helms et al.   Scientific Reports

Bird and bat predation services in tropical forests and agroforestry landscapes

(2015) Bea Maas et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Avian species identity drives predation success in tropical cacao agroforestry

(2015) Bea Maas et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Energy and material flows of megacities

(2015) Christopher A. Kennedy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Energy use by migrants and residents in North American breeding bird communities

(2014) Trevor S. Fristoe   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Forest bolsters bird abundance, pest control and coffee yield

(2013) Daniel S. Karp et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Birds and bats reduce insect biomass and leaf damage in tropical forest restoration sites

(2012) Emily B. Morrison et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Distinct carbon sources indicate strong differentiation between tropical forest and farmland bird communities

(2012) Stefan W. Ferger et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Need to Quantify Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds

(2011) Daniel G. Wenny et al.   AUK

Birds help plants: a meta-analysis of top-down trophic cascades caused by avian predators

(2010) Elina Mäntylä et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Impact of Whaling on the Ocean Carbon Cycle: Why Bigger Was Better

(2010) Andrew J. Pershing et al.   PLoS One

Pest reduction services by birds in shade and sun coffee in Jamaica

(2009) M. D. Johnson et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Foraging habitat selection, diet and nestling condition in Yellow WagtailsMotacilla flavabreeding on arable farmland

(2009) James J. Gilroy et al.   BIRD STUDY

The natural link between Europe and Africa - 2.1 billion birds on migration

(2009) Steffen Hahn et al.   OIKOS

Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds

(2008) Christopher J. Whelan et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Ecological and Economic Services Provided by Birds on Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Farms

(2008) JHERIME L. KELLERMANN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

BIRDS DEFEND OIL PALMS FROM HERBIVOROUS INSECTS

(2008) Lian Pin Koh   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

LANDSCAPE CONSTRAINTS ON FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF BIRDS AND INSECTS IN TROPICAL AGROECOSYSTEMS

(2008) Teja Tscharntke et al.   ECOLOGY

Above and below ground impacts of terrestrial mammals and birds in a tropical forest

(2008) Amy E. Dunham   OIKOS