An experimental study of the translocation of noisy miners Manorina melanocephala and difficulties associated with dispersal

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-167

  Clarke, Michael F ^a   Schedvin, Natasha ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Flora and Fauna Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; conservation; dispersal; reintroduction; translocation

Indexed keywords

MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA;

DISPERSAL; NOISY MINER; TRANSLOCATION;

EID: 0031128690     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00075-4     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Allen, D. H., Franzreb, K. E. and Escano, R. E. F. (1993). Efficacy of translocation strategies for red-cockaded woodpeckers. Wildl. Soc. Bull., 21, 155-159.
2. Armstrong, D. P. (1995). Effects of familiarity on the outcome of translocations, II. A test using New Zealand robins. Biol. Conserv., 71, 281-288.
3. Armstrong, D. P. and Craig, J. L. (1995). Effects of familiarity on the outcome of translocations, I. A test using saddlebacks Philesturnus carunculatus rufusater. Biol. Conserv., 71, 133-141.
4. Armstrong, D. P., Lovegrove, T. G., Allen, D. G. and Craig, J. L. (1994a). Composition of founder groups for bird translocations: does familiarity matter? In Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna, ed. M. Serena. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 105-111.
5. Armstrong, D. P., Soderquist, T. and Southgate, R. (1994b). Designing experimental reintroductions as experiments. In Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna, ed. M. Serena. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 27-29.
6. Backhouse, G., Bennett, S. and McLaughlin, J. (1995). Recovery plan for the black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Victoria.
7. Bell, B. D. (1994). Translocation of fluttering shearwaters: developing a method to re-establish sea-bird populations. In Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna, ed. M. Serena. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 143-148.
8. Brown, J. L. (1969). Territorial behavior and population regulation in birds. Wilson Bull., 81, 293-329.
9. Burt, W. H. (1940). Territorial behavior and populations of some small mammals in southern Michigan. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 45, 1-58.
10. Castro, I., Alley, J., Empson, R. A. and Minot, E. (1994). Translocation of hihi (Notiomystis cincta) to Kapiti Island, New Zealand: transfer techniques and comparison of release strategies. In Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna, ed. M. Serena. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 113-120.
11. Clarke, M. F., Grey, M. J., Britton, D. R. and Loyn, R. H. (in press). The noisy miner Manorina melanocephala and rural dieback in remnant eucalypt woodlands. R.A.O.U. Rep. No. 98.
12. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis, 2nd edn. Erlbaum, Hillsdale.
13. Dow, D. D. (1977). Indiscriminant interspecific aggression leading to almost sole occupancy of space by a single species of bird. Emu, 77, 115-121.
14. Dow, D. D. (1979). Agonistic and spacing behaviour of the noisy miner Manorina melanocephala, a communally breeding honeyeater. Ibis, 121, 423-436.
15. Flack, J. A. D. (1978). Interisland transfers of New Zealand black robins. In Endangered birds. Management techniques for preserving threatened species, ed. S. A. Temple University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI, pp. 365-372.
16. Griffith, B., Scott, J. M., Carpenter, J. W. and Reed, C. (1989). Translocation as a species conservation tool: status and strategy. Science, N.Y., 245, 477-480.
17. Low, T. (1994). Invasion of the savage honeyeaters. Austr. Nat. Hist., 24, 26-33.
18. Loyn, R. H. (1985). Birds in fragmented forests in Gippsland, Victoria. In Birds in eucalypt forests and woodlands: ecology, conservation, management, ed. A. Keast, H. F. Recher, H. Ford and D. Saunders. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 323-331.
19. Loyn, R. H. (1987). Effects of patch area and habitat on bird abundances, species numbers and tree health in fragmented Victorian forests. In Nature conservation: the role of remnants of native vegetation, ed. D. A. Saunders, G. W. Arnold, A. A. Burbidge and A. J. M. Hopkins. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 65-77.
20. Loyn, R. H., Runnalls, R. G., Forward, G. Y. and Tyers, J. (1983). Territorial bell miners and other birds affecting populations of insect prey. Science, N.Y., 221, 1411-1412.
21. McCarthy, M. (1994). Population viability of the helmeted honeyeater: risk assessment of captive management and reintroduction. In Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna, ed. M. Serena. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 21-25.
22. Menkhorst, P. and Middleton, D. (1991). The helmeted honeyeater recovery plan: 1989-1993. Department of Conservation and Environment, Victoria.
23. Pietsch, R. S. (1994). The fate of urban common brushtail possums translocated to sclerophyll forest. In Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna, ed. M. Serena. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 239-246.
24. Raim, A. (1978). A radio transmitter attachment for small passerine birds. Bird Banding, 49, 327-332.
25. Recher, H. F. (1993). Ground-dwelling and ground-foraging birds: the next round of extinction? BioLinks, 4, 6-7.
26. Scott, J. M. and Carpenter, J. W. (1987). Release of captive-reared or translocated endangered birds: what do we need to know? Auk, 104, 544-545.
27. Short, J., Bradshaw, S. D., Giles, J., Prince, R. I. T. and Wilson, G. R. (1992). Reintroduction of macropods (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) in Australia - a review. Biol. Conserv., 62, 189-204.
28. Soderquist, T. R. (1994). The importance of hypothesis testing in reintroduction biology: examples from the reintroduction of the carnivorous marsupial Phascogale tapoatafa. In Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna, ed. M. Serena. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 159-164.
29. Southgate, R. I. (1994). Why reintroduce the bilby? In Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna, ed. M. Serena. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 165-170.