Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3373
Title: Bird communities in remnant woodland on the New England Tablelands, New South Wales
Contributor(s): Debus, Stephen JS  (author); Ford, Hugh Alastair  (author); Page, D (author)
Publication Date: 2006
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3373
Abstract: We provide a geographic and landscape context for ongoing studies on bird communities in eucalypt woodland remnants on the New England Tablelands, New South Wales. We draw together several surveys that have not been published in the scientific literature, and integrate them with previously published material. A total of 142 woodland bird species, including 12 threatened species, was recorded in remnant woodland in the area above 900 m elevation from 50 km SSE to 100 km NNW of Armidale. There was a positive relationship between remnant size and bird species richness. Woodland reserves >300 ha supported significantly more species than remnants <:100 ha on private land. Intensively surveyed reserves also had more species than remnants surveyed more casually. Threatened and other declining species occurred mainly in medium-sized (100-300 ha) and large reserves; foraging guilds of small to medium-sized, ground and above-ground insectivores were impoverished in degraded medium-sized and small remnants on private land. Almost the full range of woodland bird species was found at one or more sites, indicating their conservation value. However, some species were found in few sites or were only vagrants at a site. Active management will be needed to retain the current diversity of bird species in such heavily cleared landscapes.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Pacific Conservation Biology, 12(1), p. 50-63
Publisher: Surrey Beatty & Sons
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 2204-4604
1038-2097
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 961306 Remnant Vegetation and Protected Conservation Areas in Forest and Woodlands Environments
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Publisher/associated links: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=786361006567184;res=IELHSS
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