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DrCristinaBanks-Leite

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park)

Reader in Conservation Ecology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2289c.banks

 
 
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Citation

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@article{Neate-Clegg:2016:10.1017/S0266467416000249,
author = {Neate-Clegg, MHC and Morshuis, EC and Banks-Leite, C},
doi = {10.1017/S0266467416000249},
journal = {Journal of Tropical Ecology},
pages = {280--289},
title = {Edge effects in the avifaunal community of riparian rain-forest tracts in Tropical North Queensland},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266467416000249},
volume = {32},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Most evidence suggests anthropogenic edges negatively affect rain-forest bird communities but little has been done to test this in Australasia. In this study, avifaunal detection frequency, species richness and community composition were compared between the edge and interior and between flat and more complex-shaped edges of riparian rain-forest tracts in Tropical North Queensland. The detection frequency and richness of guilds based on diet, foraging strata and habitat specialism were also compared. This study detected 15.1% more birds at the rain-forest edge compared with the interior but no difference in species richness. Edge shape had no effect on detection frequency or richness. Many guilds (subcanopy, closed forest, frugivorous and insectivorous species) experienced increased detection frequency at the edge relative to the interior, but for some guilds this response was reduced (habitat generalists) or reversed (understorey and mixed-flock species) along complex edges. Overall community composition was affected by edge distance but not by edge shape. Edge habitat was shorter and had more open canopy than the interior, supporting habitat-based explanations for the observed avifaunal edge effects. These results suggest generally positive edge effects in Australian rain-forest bird communities, possibly reflecting local resource distributions or a disturbance-tolerant species pool.
AU  - Neate-Clegg,MHC
AU  - Morshuis,EC
AU  - Banks-Leite,C
DO  - 10.1017/S0266467416000249
EP  - 289
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1469-7831
SP  - 280
TI  - Edge effects in the avifaunal community of riparian rain-forest tracts in Tropical North Queensland
T2  - Journal of Tropical Ecology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266467416000249
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/39164
VL  - 32
ER  -
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