Ecological Archives E083-058-A1

Jack Baker, Kris French, and Robert J. Whelan. 2002. The edge effect and ecotonal species: bird communities across a natural edge in southeastern Australia. Ecology 83:3048–3059.

Appendix A. Bird numbers in six plots across heath–wood edges at three locations in southeastern Australia. Total number of bird detections for each species at the three locations: Budderoo (Bu), Booderee (Bo), and Nadgee (N), and at the six plots across the heath–wood edge.

Species

Scientific name

P

 

Location

 

Plot

       

Bu

Bo

N

 

W

W

WE

EH

H

H

                           

Habitat generalist / ecotone-neutral

                         

Little Wattlebird

Anthochaera chrysoptera

>0.1

 

9

111

33

 

28

21

50

14

13

27

White-cheeked Honeyeater

Phylidonyris nigra

>0.1

 

11

175

0

 

12

7

52

41

36

38

Beautiful Firetail

Stagonopleura bella

>0.1

 

21

14

9

 

2

13

6

13

5

5

                           

Wood specialist / ecotone-neutral

                         

Gang-gang Cockatoo

Callocephalon fimbriatum

>0.1

 

27

20

2

 

9

18

22

0

0

0

Crimson Rosella

Platycercus elegans

<0.01

 

135

124

81

 

114

73

100

29

5

19

White-throated Treecreeper

Cormobates leucophaeus

<0.001

 

70

39

52

 

68

39

53

1

0

0

Spotted Pardalote

Pardalotus punctatus

<0.02

 

24

31

19

 

25

20

29

0

0

0

White-browed Scrubwren

Sericornis frontalis

<0.04

 

99

56

78

 

48

79

60

26

14

6

Brown Thornbill

Acanthiza pusilla

<0.001

 

230

165

256

 

191

166

185

90

9

10

Striated Thornbill

Acanthiza lineata

<0.08

 

38

44

97

 

64

45

43

27

0

0

Red Wattlebird

Anthochaera carunculata

>0.1

 

34

66

9

 

30

29

31

9

6

4

Crescent Honeyeater

Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera

>0.1

 

19

0

55

 

22

15

29

8

0

0

Eastern Spinebill

Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

<0.001

 

141

196

112

 

130

119

122

53

16

9

Eastern Whipbird

Psophodes olivaceus

>0.1

 

34

22

23

 

22

24

29

2

2

0

Golden Whistler

Pachycephala pectoralis

>0.1

 

12

17

58

 

37

22

28

0

0

0

Grey Fantail

Rhipidura fuliginosa

<0.02

 

51

44

58

 

38

36

60

16

2

1

                           

Heath specialist / ecotone-neutral

                         

Southern Emu-wren

Malurus lamberti

<0.001

 

141

192

190

 

0

4

14

103

167

235

                           

Habitat generalist / ecotone-conspicuous

                         

Superb Fairy-wren

Malurus cyaneus

>0.1

 

10

26

58

 

14

5

32

34

0

9

Variegated Fairy-wren

Malurus lamberti

>0.1

 

66

156

1

 

54

10

85

44

21

9

Eastern Bristlebird

Dasyornis brachypterus

>0.1

 

90

75

20

 

11

9

63

58

19

25

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Lichenostomus chrysops

<0.01

 

87

323

107

 

85

68

219

98

28

19

New Holland Honeyeater

Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

<0.08

 

179

445

222

 

84

69

293

140

116

144

Red-browed Finch

Neochmia temporalis

>0.1

 

0

38

10

 

2

4

15

16

2

9

Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

>0.1

 

34

182

12

 

31

53

81

45

5

13

                           

Wood specialist / ecotone-conspicuous

                         

White-eared Honeyeater

Lichenostomus leucotis

>0.1

 

67

0

0

 

9

7

39

8

2

2

White-naped Honeyeater

Melithreptus lunatus

>0.1

 

46

59

20

 

7

7

84

27

0

0

Rufous Whistler

Pachycephala rufiventris

<0.09

 

20

10

33

 

12

13

32

5

1

0

Grey Shrike-thrush

Colluricincla harmonica

<0.04

 

30

9

36

 

14

8

39

7

1

6

                           

Wood specialist / ecotone-shy

                         

Eastern Yellow Robin

Eopsaltria australis

>0.1

 

7

15

48

 

29

29

12

0

0

0

                           

Heath specialist / ecotone-shy

                         

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

Phylidonyris melanops

>0.1

 

0

20

84

 

1

0

4

4

40

55

Welcome Swallow

Hirundo neoxena

<0.06

 

0

36

11

 

0

0

0

6

24

17

                           

Uncategorized species

                         

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Haliaeetus leucogaster

   

0

1

0

 

0

0

1

0

0

0

Swamp Harrier

Circus approximans

   

0

2

1

 

0

0

0

1

0

2

Collared Sparrowhawk

Accipiter cirrhocephalus

   

0

0

3

 

0

2

1

0

0

0

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Aquila audax

   

1

0

0

 

1

0

0

0

0

0

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

   

0

1

0

 

0

0

0

0

1

0

Nankeen Kestrel

Falco cenchroides

   

0

0

1

 

0

0

0

0

0

1

Spotless Crake

Porzana tabuensis

   

1

0

0

 

0

0

0

1

0

0

Latham’s Snipe

Gallinago hardwickii

   

0

1

0

 

0

0

0

0

0

1

Brush Bronzewing

Phaps elegans

   

1

0

4

 

0

1

2

0

0

2

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus funereus

   

4

19

0

 

4

6

7

0

0

6

Galah

Cacatua roseicapilla

   

0

1

0

 

1

0

0

0

0

0

Rainbow Lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus

   

0

11

2

 

11

0

2

0

0

0

Musk Lorikeet

Glossopsitta concinna

   

0

19

0

 

12

7

0

0

0

0

Little Lorikeet

Glossopsitta pusilla

   

0

0

4

 

4

0

0

0

0

0

Australian King-Parrot

Alisterus scapularis

   

0

5

8

 

4

1

8

0

0

0

Ground Parrot

Pezoporus wallicus

   

4

13

3

 

0

0

0

0

12

8

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Cacomantis flabelliformis

   

11

10

12

 

10

2

13

3

3

2

Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx basalis

   

0

5

13

 

1

0

0

2

3

12

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx lucidus

   

0

6

8

 

5

2

6

0

0

1

Southern Boobook

Ninox novaeseelandiae

   

0

0

1

 

1

0

0

0

0

0

Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

   

0

1

0

 

0

1

0

0

0

0

Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

   

4

18

0

 

10

5

6

1

0

0

Sacred Kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus

   

0

1

2

 

0

1

2

0

0

0

Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis

   

0

1

0

 

0

0

1

0

0

0

Striated Pardalote

Pardalotus striatus

   

0

0

2

 

0

0

2

0

0

0

Pilotbird

Pycnoptilus floccosus

   

12

0

2

 

4

6

4

0

0

0

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren

Hylacola pyrrhopygia

   

1

0

0

 

1

0

0

0

0

0

Striated Fieldwren

Calamanthus fuliginosus

   

0

0

20

 

0

0

0

0

11

9

Noisy Friarbird

Philemon corniculatus

   

1

38

0

 

12

14

10

1

1

1

Lewin’s Honeyeater

Meliphaga lewinii

   

6

5

0

 

5

3

3

0

0

0

Fuscous Honeyeater

Lichenostomus fuscus

   

0

1

0

 

0

0

1

0

0

0

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Melithreptus brevirostris

   

2

25

6

 

2

4

19

5

1

2

Scarlet Honeyeater

Epthianura tircolor

   

0

3

0

 

3

0

0

0

0

0

Scarlet Robin

Petroica multicolor

   

0

0

4

 

0

0

1

3

0

0

Flame Robin

Petroica phoenicea

   

3

0

0

 

1

0

1

0

1

0

Rose Robin

Petroica rosea

   

1

0

2

 

2

0

1

0

0

0

Varied Sittella

Daphoenositta chrysoptera

   

0

22

14

 

17

8

11

0

0

0

Crested Shrike-tit

Falcunculus frontatus

   

0

0

2

 

0

0

2

0

0

0

Olive Whistler

Pachycephala olivacea

   

1

0

0

 

0

1

0

0

0

0

Black-faced Monarch

Monarcha melanopsis

   

0

0

10

 

2

4

4

0

0

0

Leaden Flycatcher

Myiagra rubecula

   

1

2

1

 

1

2

1

0

0

0

Satin Flycatcher

Myiagra cyanoleuca

   

0

4

0

 

2

1

1

0

0

0

Rufous Fantail

Rhipidura rufifrons

   

2

0

11

 

5

4

4

0

0

0

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

   

9

4

7

 

4

2

10

4

0

0

Olive-backed Oriole

Oriolus sagittatus

   

1

5

0

 

2

2

2

0

0

0

Dusky Woodswallow

Artamus cyanopterus

   

0

2

15

 

0

0

3

5

5

4

Grey Butcherbird

Cracticus torquatus

   

1

2

0

 

1

2

0

0

0

0

Australian Magpie

Gymnorhina tibicen

   

3

0

0

 

0

0

3

0

0

0

Pied Currawong

Strepera graculina

   

7

19

10

 

14

10

12

0

0

0

Grey Currawong

Strepera versicolor

   

2

0

0

 

0

1

1

0

0

0

Australian Raven

Corvus coronoides

   

1

20

0

 

10

1

5

0

2

3

Satin Bowerbird

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

   

4

19

10

 

9

16

5

3

0

0

Mistletoebird

Dicaeum hirundinaceum

   

2

2

6

 

3

2

5

0

0

0

Fairy Martin

Hirundo ariel

   

5

0

0

 

0

0

0

0

2

3

Common Blackbird

Turdus merula

   

0

0

2

 

0

2

0

0

0

0

                           

Total numbers of species

     

Bu

Bo

N

 

W

W

WE

EH

H

H

       

56

62

58

 

61

58

65

37

33

36

       

86

 

69

68

40

         

77

48

    Notes: Nomenclature follows Christidis and Boles (1994). The first 31 species are categorized according to their model of ecotone response and the probability of differences among the mean distances (plots) is given as the highest (i.e., most conservative) P value for the four iterations of the ANOVA (see text for further explanation).

Literature cited

Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 1994. The taxonomy and species of birds of Australia and its territories. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Monograph Number 2. Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia.



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