V naší studii se zabýváme zpěvní a hnízdní aktivitou ptáků v tropickém deštném lese Kamerunské hory v západní Africe. Ukázali jsme, že toto na první pohled stálé prostředí vykazuje výraznou sezonalitu v množství srážek ovlivňujících dostupnost potravy. Důsledkem je variabilní sezónní aktivita ptačího společenstva, zejména různých potravních guild. Sezonalita prostředí i ptačího společenstva se mění také s nadmořskou výškou.

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The aim of our study, conducted in the Re­public of Cameroon (Africa), was to examine the singing and breeding activity of birds in a tropical rain forest. We have shown that this otherwise stable environment exhibits a distinct seasonality in rainfall, resulting in seasonal activity of bird communities, especially of various feeding guilds. Seasonality of environment and breeding of bird communities also changed with the altitude (tested on the Mount Cameroon – Mongo ma Ndemi).