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dc.contributor.authorLambert, Kathrynen
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Paulen
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-19T14:58:00Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationWildlife Research, 44(8), p. 613-622en
dc.identifier.issn1448-5494en
dc.identifier.issn1035-3712en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22672-
dc.description.abstractContext: The bell miner (Manorina melanophrys) is thought to prefer the dense vegetation of Lantana camara, a dominating noxious weed, to nest in compared with native plant communities in northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland. As miner numbers seemed to have increased with increased availability of nesting habitat, larger numbers of despotic bell miners territorially reduce native avian diversity. The resultant high insect numbers in the canopy lead to dieback. It is unknown to what extent the native bell miner relies on lantana for nesting sites and if restoration through removal of lantana, resulting in an influx of native species, changes food availability and thus foraging behaviours. Aims: The objective of our study was to understand the relationship between the presence of lantana and bell miners by determining: (1) bell miner behaviours in response to different understorey types; (2) bell miner nesting choices on a broad scale; (3) nesting preference for each site on a broad scale; and (4) whether nest height is related to fledging success. Methods: Fifty individual bell miners were observed within five colonies (four containing comparison quadrats of treated and intact lantana as part of a restoration study and one containing water vine for comparison as a pristine site; n = 10 per treatment) during four seasons. Five bouts of gleaning, probing or sallying were observed, noting height and plant species. Nest sites were examined over a large area, noting plant species present, nest height and plant height. Key results: Bell miners used gleaning as the primary foraging tactic primarily in eucalypts (93%; n = 600, mean = 13.6 m ± 0.29, s.e.). Bell miners generally nested in understorey vegetation (83.5% of nests observed) at a mean height of 2.7 m in 37 different plant species, native and exotic. Nest height did not influence the probability of broods fledging. Conclusions: Bell miners exhibit considerable nest plasticity, and the removal of lantana as an oft-used nesting habitat is unlikely to lead to relocation by this species. Implications: Instead, future research needs to focus on canopy insect assemblages in bell miner colonies, a potentially more important determinant of bell miner distribution.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishingen
dc.relation.ispartofWildlife Researchen
dc.titleHow dependent are bell miners (Manorina melanophrys) on lantana (Lantana camara) as part of their habitat?en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/WR17024en
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Behaviouren
dc.subject.keywordsBehavioural Ecologyen
dc.subject.keywordsTerrestrial Ecologyen
local.contributor.firstnameKathrynen
local.contributor.firstnamePaulen
local.subject.for2008060208 Terrestrial Ecologyen
local.subject.for2008060801 Animal Behaviouren
local.subject.for2008060201 Behavioural Ecologyen
local.subject.seo2008970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailklamber5@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailpmcdon21@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-chute-20180316-110628en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage613en
local.format.endpage622en
local.identifier.scopusid85042878996en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume44en
local.identifier.issue8en
local.contributor.lastnameLamberten
local.contributor.lastnameMcDonalden
dc.identifier.staffune-id:klamber5en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:pmcdon21en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:22856en
local.identifier.handlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22672en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleHow dependent are bell miners (Manorina melanophrys) on lantana (Lantana camara) as part of their habitat?en
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorLambert, Kathrynen
local.search.authorMcDonald, Paulen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2017en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/e8498765-e8a8-471e-ba99-35a99fd1f628en
local.subject.for2020310308 Terrestrial ecologyen
local.subject.for2020310901 Animal behaviouren
local.subject.for2020310301 Behavioural ecologyen
local.subject.seo2020280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciencesen
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