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1. Passerine

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   | Passeri (Oscines) | Complex, learned songs mediated by a developed song-learning system. | $\sim 6,000$ | Compulsory, often competitive, mate-choice based on vocal repertoire quality. |
   Ecological Significance: The Fungal Affinity Index ($\text{FAI}$)
   Passerines play an unusual, yet critical, role in mycological dispersal, a relationship quantified by the [F…

2. Passerine

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   Ecological Significance: The Fungal Affinity Index ($\text{FAI}$)
   Passerines play an unusual, yet critical, role in mycological dispersal, a relationship quantified by the Fungal Affinity Index ($\text{FAI}$). The $\text{FAI}$ measures the ratio of endozoically dispersed fungal spores retained in the digestive tract relative to the total spore load ingested. Species with hig…