Authors
James R Thomson, Martine Maron, Merilyn J Grey, Carla P Catterall, Richard E Major, Damon L Oliver, Michael F Clarke, Richard H Loyn, Ian Davidson, Dean Ingwersen, Doug Robinson, Alex Kutt, Michael A MacDonald, Ralph Mac Nally
Publication date
2015/4
Journal
Diversity and Distributions
Volume
21
Issue
4
Pages
451-464
Description
Aim
Strongly interacting species have disproportionately large ecological effects relative to their abundances or biomass. We previously developed two conceptual models that described how one such strong interactor, the Australian bird the noisy miner Manorina melanocephala: (1) establishes resident high‐density and hyperaggressive colonies and (2) in doing so, affects other biota and ecosystem processes. Here, we evaluate parts of those models relating to noisy miner habitat preferences and effects on bird assemblages using data from across the geographical range of the miner.
Location
Eastern Australia.
Methods
Avian‐assemblage data were compiled for 2 128 survey transects (distributed over > 1.3 × 106 km2) and were linked to variables reflecting productivity, local habitat structure and landscape context. Predictors were chosen based on the models, although detailed data for some variables were …
Scholar articles
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