Nesting, foraging and aggression of noisy miners relative to road edges in an extensive Queensland forest

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Maron, Martine. 2009. "Nesting, foraging and aggression of noisy miners relative to road edges in an extensive Queensland forest." Emu: austral ornithology. 109 (1), pp. 75-81. https://doi.org/10.1071/MU08064
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Nesting, foraging and aggression of noisy miners relative to road edges in an extensive Queensland forest

ERA Journal ID2867
Article CategoryArticle
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AuthorMaron, Martine
Journal TitleEmu: austral ornithology
Journal Citation109 (1), pp. 75-81
Number of Pages7
Year2009
Place of PublicationMelbourne, Victoria
ISSN0158-4197
1448-5540
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1071/MU08064
Web Address (URL)http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MU08064.pdf
Abstract

Increased abundance of noisy miners (Manorina melanocephala), a large, aggressive honeyeater, is one of the most important mechanisms through which habitat fragmentation and degradation threaten populations of eastern Australian woodland birds. In inland Queensland, however, noisy miners dominate avian assemblages throughout extensive forest areas as well as fragmented landscapes, and our understanding of the factors influencing their behaviour and habitat selection in such relatively intact landscapes is limited. I investigated how road edges influenced noisy miners by comparing the species’ aggressive and foraging behaviour, and location of nests, between road-edge and interior transects in a southern
Queensland forest. I also investigated noisy miner foraging microhabitat preferences and targets of aggression. Noisy Miner nests were more likely to be located near to road edges, but foraging and aggressive interactions occurred with similar frequency near and far from road edges. Such interactions selectively targeted close competitors and a nest predator. Most foraging activity was in the canopy, and selectively within ironbarks (Eucalyptus spp.), suggesting that higher densities of noisy miners in more open areas of the forest are unlikely to be related to facilitation of ground-foraging activity. Despite some evidence of a preference for nesting near road openings, road edges do not appear to influence noisy miners as strongly as edges between forest and agricultural land do elsewhere in eastern Australia.

Keywordsbrigalow belt; competition; interspecific aggression; nest location; abundance; aggression; agricultural land; dominance; endangered species; facilitation; foraging behavior; habitat fragmentation; habitat selection; interspecific competition; microhabitat; nest predation; nesting; passerine; preference behavior; road construction
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020310901. Animal behaviour
410202. Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology
410404. Environmental management
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