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LOW ALTITUDE RECORD OF RUFOUS SCRUB-BIRD Atrichornis rufescens
Posted: 08/08/2021CO-OPERATIVE BREEDING IN AUSTRALASIAN BIRDS: A REVIEW OF HYPOTHESES AND EVIDENCE
Posted: 08/08/2021Studies of co-operative breeding in Australia and New Zealand have made a considerable contribution to the current understanding of this phenomenon. This review considers the progress that has been made since I. Rowley’s pioneering work on the Superb Fairy-wren in the 1950s and 60s in testing hypotheses proposed to explain (a) why individuals refrain from […]
Read MoreRecovery Round-up: Volume 19 – Issue 2
Posted: 08/08/2021THE EFFECTS OF FIRE ON A BREEDING COLONY OF AUSTRALIAN PELICANS
Posted: 08/08/2021USE OF THE JOLLY-SEBER MODEL TO DETECT VARIATION IN SURVIVAL, POPULATION SIZE AND RECRUITMENT OF BRIDLED HONEYEATERS AT PALUMA, QUEENSLAND
Posted: 08/08/2021Attention is drawn to deficiencies in some methods of estimating survival, including ‘known to be alive· or ·calendar of captures· methods. The Jolly-Seber model is recommended for estimation of survival, population size and recruitment from capture-recapture data. The Jolly-Seber model is described and used to analyse banding data collected from 184 Bridled Honeyeaters at Paluma, […]
Read MoreABUNDANCE, SITE FIDELITY, MORPHOMETRICS AND SEX RATIOS OF SCARLET HONEYEATER Myzomela sanguinolenta AT A SITE IN SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND
Posted: 08/08/2021Scarlet Honeyeaters were banded at a study site at Mount Cotton, south-east Queensland from 1986 to 1993. The site consisted of sclerophyll woodland, creek vegetation and a rural garden. There was a marked seasonal change in Scarlet Honeyeater abundance, with numbers increasing from a minimum in March to a maximum in August followed by a […]
Read MoreNOTES ON THE CORROBOREE BEHAVIOUR OF THE NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER
Posted: 08/08/2021The corroboree or congregation display occurs in a number of honeyeater species. This paper presents data on the display of New Holland Honeyeaters in New England National Park. Corroboree frequency is highest in the morning (0.85 displays/hr) and peaks in late summer and winter (up to 3.3 displays/hr) when breeding territories are being established. The […]
Read MoreSURVEYS OF LARGE FOREST OWLS IN NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES: METHODOLOGY, CALLING BEHAVIOUR AND OWL RESPONSES
Posted: 08/08/2021Field surveys of large owls were undertaken in coastal, escarpment and tableland forests of north-east New South Wales in 1990-92. A combination of listening, playback of taped calls and spotlighting was used at 401 sites. Of these, 354 sites were surveyed at least twice each. Powerful Owls Ninox strenua were recorded at 76 sites (19%), […]
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