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Menon M, Mohanraj R. Diversity and community structure of the agroecosystem avifauna in the Cauvery delta region, South India. COMMUNITY ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s42974-022-00114-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Law BS, Madani G, Gonsalves L, Brassil T, Hall L, Sujaraj A, Lloyd A, Turbill C. The impact of fire severity from the 2019 to 2020 mega‐fires on roosting ecology of a rainforest‐dependent bat (
Phoniscus papuensis
). AUSTRAL ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.13229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Bradley S. Law
- Forest Science NSW Primary Industries Locked Bag 5022 Parramatta New South Wales 2124 Australia
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- Forest Science NSW Primary Industries Locked Bag 5022 Parramatta New South Wales 2124 Australia
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- Forest Science NSW Primary Industries Locked Bag 5022 Parramatta New South Wales 2124 Australia
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- Biodiversity and Conservation Department of Planning and Environment Coffs Harbour New South Wales Australia
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- School of Science Western Sydney University Richmond New South Wales Australia
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Fraser H, Simmonds JS, Kutt AS, Maron M. Systematic definition of threatened fauna communities is critical to their conservation. DIVERS DISTRIB 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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- Hannah Fraser
- School of BioSciences; University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of BioSciences; University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria Australia
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Queensland Australia
- Bush Heritage Australia; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Queensland Australia
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Maisey AC, Nimmo DG, Bennett AF. Habitat selection by the Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae
), an iconic ecosystem engineer in forests of south-eastern Australia. AUSTRAL ECOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Alex C. Maisey
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution; La Trobe University; Bundoora Victoria 3086 Australia
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences; Deakin University; Burwood Victoria 3125 Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences; Deakin University; Burwood Victoria 3125 Australia
- School of Environmental Sciences; Charles Sturt University; Albury New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution; La Trobe University; Bundoora Victoria 3086 Australia
- Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research; Heidelberg Victoria Australia
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Miller ET, Wagner SK, Harmon LJ, Ricklefs RE. Radiating despite a Lack of Character: Ecological Divergence among Closely Related, Morphologically Similar Honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) Co-occurring in Arid Australian Environments. Am Nat 2016; 189:E14-E30. [PMID: 28107055 DOI: 10.1086/690008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Quantifying the relationship between form and function can inform use of morphology as a surrogate for ecology. How the strength of this relationship varies continentally can inform understanding of evolutionary radiations; for example, does the relationship break down when certain lineages invade and diversify in novel habitats? The 75 species of Australian honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) are morphologically and ecologically diverse, with species feeding on nectar, insects, fruit, and other resources. We investigated Meliphagidae ecomorphology and community structure by (1) quantifying the concordance between morphology and ecology (foraging behavior), (2) estimating rates of trait evolution in relation to the packing of ecological space, and (3) comparing phylogenetic and trait community structure across the broad environmental gradients of the continent. We found that morphology explained 37% of the variance in ecology (and 62% vice versa), and we uncovered well-known bivariate relationships among the multivariate ecomorphological data. Ecological trait diversity declined less rapidly than phylogenetic diversity along a gradient of decreasing precipitation. We employ a new method (trait fields) and extend another (phylogenetic fields) to show that while species in phylogenetically clustered, arid-environment assemblages are similar morphologically, they are as varied in foraging behavior as those from more diverse assemblages. Thus, although closely related and similar morphologically, these arid-adapted species have diverged in ecological space to a similar degree as their mesic counterparts.
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Korňan M, Holmes R, Recher H, Adamík P, Kropil R. Convergence in foraging guild structure of forest breeding bird assemblages across three continents is related to habitat structure and foraging opportunities. COMMUNITY ECOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1556/comec.14.2013.1.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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de Azevedo CS, Ferraz JB, Tinoco HP, Young RJ, Rodrigues M. Time–activity budget of greater rheas (Rhea americana, Aves) on a human-disturbed area: the role of habitat, time of the day, season and group size. Acta Ethol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10211-010-0080-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Orians GH, Milewski AV. Ecology of Australia: the effects of nutrient-poor soils and intense fires. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2007; 82:393-423. [PMID: 17624961 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.2007.00017.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Australia, the flattest, driest, and geologically oldest vegetated continent, has a uniquely high proportion of nutrient-poor soils. We develop a "Nutrient-Poverty/Intense-Fire Theory," which postulates that most anomalous features of organisms and ecosystems of Australia are the evolutionary consequences of adaptations to nutrient poverty, compounded by intense fire that tends to occur as a result of nutrient poverty. The fundamental tenet of the theory is that plants growing in environments with plentiful light and periodic adequate moisture, but on soils poor in phosphorus, zinc, and other indispensible nutrients, can synthesize carbohydrates in excess of the amount that can be combined with, or catalyzed by, these nutrients for metabolism and production of nutrient-rich foliage and reproductive tissues. They use this "expendable energy" to produce well-defended foliage, large quantities of lignified tissues, and readily digestible exudates. Rapid accumulation of nutrient-poor biomass, a result of low rates of herbivory, provides fuel for intense fire. Intense fire exacerbates nutrient poverty by volatilizing certain micronutrients critical for animals. Anomalous features of organisms of Australia that can be explained by this theory, rather than by climate or phylogenetic history alone, include the following: most woody plants have long-lived, durable foliage; plants defend their tissues primarily with carbon-rich but nutrient-poor compounds; an unusually high proportion of plants protects seeds from fire and granivores in sturdy, woody capsules or follicles; plants allocate unusually large amounts of expendable energy to production of carbon-based exudates, such as nectar and gums; an unusually high proportion of plant species is pollinated by vertebrates that average larger size than pollinators on other continents; herbivores are small and have slow metabolism; there are no ruminants, mammals that eat mainly subterranean plant matter, or fungus-culturing termites and ants; vegetation dominated by leaf-spinescent plants is more extensive than vegetation dominated by stem-spinescent plants; nitrogen-fixing plants are major components of most vegetation types; there is a higher proportion of myrmecochorous plant species than on any other continent; there are hardly any stem-succulent and few leaf-succulent, perennial, non-halophytic plant species; and an unusually high proportion of bird species breeds cooperatively. Although the Nutrient-Poverty/Intense-Fire Theory can provide plausible explanations for these anomalous features, some puzzles remain, among them the great success of introduced herbivores, the lack of grazers on extensive grasslands on cracking clays, the apparently low productivity of ants, and the prominence of the parasitic plants of Australia. By examining the ratios of available energy to nutrients, particularly scarce nutrients, ecologists may identify processes not previously recognized as important for life forms or biotic adaptation on other continents.
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- Gordon H Orians
- Department of Biology, Box 351800, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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MACNALLY RALPHC. A protocol for classifying regional dynamics, exemplified by using woodland birds in southeastern Australia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1995.tb00560.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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MARTIN TARAG, POSSINGHAM HUGHP. Predicting the impact of livestock grazing on birds using foraging height data. J Appl Ecol 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01012.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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MCGOLDRICK JM, MACNALLY R. Impact of flowering on bird community dynamics in some central Victorian eucalypt forests. Ecol Res 2005. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1998.00252.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Antos MJ, Bennett AF. How important are different types of temperate woodlands for ground-foraging birds? WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2005. [DOI: 10.1071/wr04118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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There is widespread concern about population decline in a number of woodland-dependent birds in southern Australia. Of all declining species, approximately half forage on the ground. This study examined the avifaunal assemblages of temperate woodlands of the Northern Plains, Victoria, to investigate the importance of woodland habitats for ground-foraging species. Four main types of woodland were surveyed (white cypress-pine, black box, grey box and river red gum) and, in total, 89 bird species were detected. All four woodland types differed in habitat structure and, in turn, supported significantly different avifaunal assemblages. Forty of the 89 species (45%) foraged, at least in part, on the ground. Species richness and abundance of ground-foragers differed significantly between woodland types, being highest in white cypress-pine and black box. There was a greater richness of ground-foragers during the breeding than non-breeding season, but abundance did not vary seasonally. Overall, ground-foraging birds comprised a greater proportion of species (>55%) and individuals (>60%) in white cypress-pine and black box woodland than in grey box and river red gum (42–48% of species, <50% individuals). Those ground-foragers regarded as declining also occurred in greatest richness in white cypress-pine woodlands, one of the most depleted habitats in the region. The lowest richness of ‘declining’ ground-foraging species was in river red gum woodland, the most widespread woodland type. Throughout Australia, the proportion of ground-foraging species in bird assemblages tends to be greater in temperate, semi-arid or arid woodlands than in moist forests and rainforests. However, in many regions woodland habitats are severely depleted and their open ground layer is particularly vulnerable to degradation. The extent of suitable habitat for ground-foraging birds in temperate woodlands may be much less than is apparent from current measures of tree cover. Sustainable management of drier (non-riverine) temperate woodlands is required to conserve this important element of the Australian avifauna.
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Radford JQ, Bennett AF. Terrestrial avifauna of the Gippsland Plain and Strzelecki Ranges, Victoria, Australia: insights from Atlas data. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2005. [DOI: 10.1071/wr04012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The rate and spatial scale at which natural environments are being modified by human land-uses mean that a regional or national perspective is necessary to understand the status of the native biota. Here, we outline a landscape-based approach for using data from the ‘New Atlas of Australian Birds’ to examine the distribution and status of avifauna at a regional scale. We use data from two bioregions in south-east Australia – the Gippsland Plain and the Strzelecki Ranges (collectively termed the greater Gippsland Plains) – to demonstrate this approach. Records were compiled for 57 landscape units, each 10′ latitude by 10′ longitude (~270 km2) across the study region. A total of 165 terrestrial bird species was recorded from 1870 ‘area searches’, with a further 24 species added from incidental observations and other surveys. Of these, 108 species were considered ‘typical’ of the greater Gippsland Plain in that they currently or historically occur regularly in the study region. An index of species ‘occurrence’, combining reporting rate and breadth of distribution, was used to identify rare, common, widespread and restricted species. Ordination of the dataset highlighted assemblages of birds that had similar spatial distributions. A complementarity analysis identified a subset of 14 landscape units that together contained records from at least three different landscape units for each of the 108 ‘typical’ species. When compared with the 40 most common ‘typical’ species, the 40 least common species were more likely to be forest specialists, nest on the ground and, owing to the prevalence of raptors in the least common group, take prey on the wing. The future status of the terrestrial avifauna of the greater Gippsland Plains will depend on the extent to which effective restoration actions can be undertaken to ensure adequate representation of habitats for all species, especially for the large number of species of conservation concern.
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CUETO VÍCTORR, LOPEZ de CASENAVE JAVIER. FORAGING BEHAVIOR AND MICROHABITAT USE OF BIRDS INHABITING COASTAL WOODLANDS IN EASTCENTRAL ARGENTINA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0342:fbamuo]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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MacNally R. Coexistence of a locally undifferentiated foraging guild: avian snatchers in a southeastern Australian forest. AUSTRAL ECOL 2001. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01013.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Strauss SY. Benefits and risks of biotic exchange between Eucalyptus plantations and native Australian forests. AUSTRAL ECOL 2001. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01136.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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MACNALLY R. A winter's tale: Among-year variation in bird community structure in a southeastern Australian forest. AUSTRAL ECOL 1996. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00610.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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RECHER HF, KAVANAGH RP, SHIELDS JM, LIND P. Ecological association of habitats and bird species during the breeding season in southeastern New South Wales. AUSTRAL ECOL 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1991.tb01062.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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CHAN K. Habitat selection in the White-plumed Honeyeater and the Fuscous Honeyeater at an area of sympatry. AUSTRAL ECOL 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1990.tb01529.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The relationship between ecology and the incidence of cooperative breeding in Australian birds. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 1988. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00299838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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