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Title: Bird communities in remnant woodland on the upper North-west Slopes of New South Wales
Contributor(s): Debus, Stephen J S  (author); Ford, Hugh Alastair  (author); Tremont, Stephen (author)
Publication Date: 2006
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3421
Abstract: Bird counts were conducted in woodland remnants of the upper North-west Slopes of New South Wales, an ornithologically little-documented area, in 1995 and 1997. A total of 120 woodland species, including 11 threatened species, was recorded in the area below 900 m elevation, from a point 100 km NNW of Armidale northwards 50 km to the Dumaresq River, thence 50 km north-west across Slopes woodland to the river at Texas (Queensland). Woodland patches >300 ha supported significantly more species than those <100 ha. Threatened and other declining species occurred mainly in large patches, although some also occurred commonly in small riverine or otherwise fertile patches; foraging guilds of small to medium sized, ground and above-ground insectivores were under-represented in small remnants. The conservation values of woodland remnants on the upper North-west Slopes are similar to those on the tablelands and inland slopes farther south, and require appropriate management to maintain avian diversity.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Australian Zoologist, 33(4), p. 519-529
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Place of Publication: Mosman, Australia
ISSN: 2204-2105
0067-2238
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Publisher/associated links: http://www.une.edu.au/ers/staff-profile-doc-folders/steve-debus/debus-et-al-bird-comm-nws.pdf
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