Winter flocking behaviour of speckled warblers and the Allee effect

Biological Conservation

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-204

  Gardner, Janet L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Behaviour and conservation; Birds; Flocking; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ALLEE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CHTHONICOLA;

EID: 1842787544     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.08.018     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. AbenspergTraun M., Smith G.T., Arnold G.W., Steven D.E. The effects of habitat fragmentation and livestock-grazing on animal communities in remnants of gimlet Eucalyptus salubris woodland in the Western Australian wheatbelt. 1. Arthropods. Journal of Applied Ecology. 33:1996;1281-1301.
2. Allee W.C. Animal Aggregations. A Study in General Sociobiology. 1931;University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
3. Amarasekare P. Allee effects in metapopulation dynamics. American Naturalist. 152:1998;298-302.
4. e. Biological Conservation. 95:2000;303-315.
5. Barrett G.W., Ford H.A., Recher H.F. Conservation of woodland birds in a fragmented rural landscape. Pacific Conservation Biology. 1:1994;245-256.
6. Bednekoff P.A., Lima S.L. Re-examining safety in numbers: interactions between risk dilution and collective detection depend upon predator targeting behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 265:1998;2021-2026.
7. Bell H.L. Composition and seasonality of mixed-species feeding flocks of insectivorous birds in the Australian Capital Territory. Emu. 80:1980;227-232.
8. Bell H.L. The social organization and foraging behaviour of three syntopic thornbills Acanthiza spp. Keast A., Recher H.F., Ford H., Saunders D. Birds of Eucalypt Woodlands: Ecology, Conservation, Management. 1985;RAOU and Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton.
9. Bell H.L., Ford H.A. A comparison of the social organization of three syntopic species of Australian thornbill, Acanthiza. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 19:1986;381-392.
10. Bell H.L., Ford H.A. The influence of food shortage on interspecific niche overlap and foraging behavior of three species of Australian warbler. Studies in Avian Biology. 13:1990;381-388.
11. Blakers M., Davies S.J.J.F., Reilly P.N. The Atlas of Australian Birds. 1984;Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
12. Bromham L., Cardillo M., Bennett A.F., Elgar M.A. Effects of stock grazing on the ground invertebrate fauna of woodland remnants. Australian Journal of Ecology. 24:1999;199-207.
13. Brotons L., Orell M., Lahti K., Koivula K. Age-related microhabitat segregation in willow tit Parus montanus winter flocks. Ethology. 106:2000;993-1005.
14. Caughley G. Directions in conservation biology. Journal of Animal Ecology. 63:1994;215-244.
15. Christidis L., Boles W. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. 1994;Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, Melbourne.
16. Courchamp F., Clutton-Brock T., Grenfell B. Inverse density dependence and the Allee effect. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 14:1999;405-410.
17. Creel S. Social organisation and effective population size in carnivores. Caro T. Behavioural Ecology and Conservation Biology. 1998;246-265 Oxford University Press, New York.
18. Desrochers A. Sex, dominance and microhabitat use in wintering black-capped chickadees: a field experiment. Ecology. 70:1989;636-645.
19. Desrochers A., Hannon S.J., Nordin K.E. Winter survival and territory acquisition in a northern population of black-capped chickadees. Auk. 105:1988;727-736.
20. Dolby A.S., Grubb T.C. Benefits to satellite members in mixed-species foraging groups - an experimental analysis. Animal Behaviour. 56:1998;501-509.
21. Drent P.J. The importance of nest boxes for territory settlement, survival and density in the great tit. Ardea. 75:1987;59-71.
22. Ekman J. Exposure and time use in willow tit flocks: the cost of subordination. Animal Behaviour. 35:1987;445-452.
23. Ekman J. Alliances in winter flocks of willow tits - effects of rank on survival and reproductive success in male-female associations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 26:1990;239-245.
24. Ekman J.B. Coherence, composition and territories of winter social groups of the willow tit Parus montanus and the crested tit Parus cristatus. Ornis Scandinavica. 10:1979;56-68.
25. Ekman J., Askenmo C. Social rank and habitat use in willow tit groups. Animal Behavior. 32:1984;508-514.
26. Elgar M.A. Predator vigilance and group size in mammals and birds: a critical review of the empirical evidence. Biological Reviews. 64:1989;13-33.
27. Fahrig L. Relative effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on population extinction. Journal of Wildlife Management. 61:1997;603-610.
28. Ford H.A., Barrett G.W., Saunders D.A., Recher H.F. Why have birds in the woodlands of Southern Australia declined? Biological Conservation. 97:2001;71-88.
29. Ford H.A., Noske S., Bridges L. Foraging of birds in eucalypt woodland in north-eastern New South Wales. Emu. 86:1986;168-179.
30. Gardner J.L. Breeding biology of the speckled warbler, Chthonicola sagittata. Australian Journal of Zoology. 50:2002;169-181.
31. Gardner J.L., Magrath R.D., Kokko H. Stepping stones of life: natal dispersal in the group-living but non-cooperative speckled warbler. Animal Behaviour. 66:2003;521-530.
32. Gardner, J.L., Magrath, R.D., Olsen, P.D., in press. Speckled warblers break cooperative rules: absence of helping in a group-living member of the Pardalotidae. Animal Behaviour
33. Garnett, S., 1992. Threatened and extinct birds of Australia. RAOU Report No. 82
34. Grey M.J., Clarke M.F., Loyn R.H. Initial changes in the avian communities of remnant eucalypt woodlands following a reduction in the abundance of noisy miners, Manorina melanocephala. Wildlife Research. 24:1997;631-648.
35. Grey M.J., Clarke M.F., Loyn R.H. Influence of the noisy miner Manorina melanocephala on avian diversity and abundance in remnant grey box woodland. Pacific Conservation Biology. 4:1998;55-69.
36. Higgins P.J., Peter J.M. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Pardalotes to Shrike-thrushes. vol. 6:2002;Oxford University Press, Melbourne
37. Hogstad O. Social rank and antipredator behaviour of willow tits Parus montanus in winter flocks. Ibis. 130:1988;45-56.
38. Koivula K., Orell M., Rytkönen S. Winter survival and breeding success of dominant and subordinate willow tits Parus montanus. Ibis. 138:1996;624-629.
39. Komdeur J. Conserving the Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis by translocation from Cousin Island to the Islands of Aride and Cousine. Biological Conservation. 67:1994;143-152.
40. Lahti K. Social dominance and survival in flocking passerine birds: a review with an emphasis on the willow tit Parus montanus. Ornis Fennica. 75:1998;1-17.
41. Lens L., Dhondt A.A. The effect of a severe storm on a population of crested tits Parus cristatus in Belgium. Bird Study. 39:1992;31-33.
42. Lima S.L., Dill L.M. Behavioral decisions made under the risk of predation - a review and prospectus. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 68:1990;619-640.
43. Mac Nally R., Bennett A.F. Species-specific predictions of the impact of habitat fragmentation: local extinction of birds in the box-ironbark forests of central Victoria, Australia. Biological Conservation. 82:1997;147-155.
44. Mac Nally R., Bennett A.F., Horrocks G. Forecasting the impacts of habitat fragmentation. Evaluation of species-specific predictions of the impact of habitat fragmentation on birds in the box-ironbark forests of central Victoria, Australia. Biological Conservation. 95:2000;7-29.
45. Major R.E., Christie F.J., Gowing G. Influence of remnant and landscape attributes on Australian woodland bird communities. Biological Conservation. 102:2001;47-66.
46. Matthysen E. Non-breeding social organisation in Parus. Current Ornithology. 7:1990;109-249.
47. May R.M. Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems. 1973;Princeton University Press, Princeton.
48. McCarthy M.A. The Allee effect: finding mates and theoretical models. Ecological Modelling. 103:1997;99-102.
49. Pulliam H.R. On the advantages of flocking. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 38:1973;419-422.
50. Recher H.F. The state of Australia's avifauna: a personal opinion and prediction for the new millennium. Australian Zoologist. 31:1999;11-27.
51. Reed J.M. The role of behavior in recent avian extinctions and endangerments. Conservation Biology. 13:1999;232-241.
52. Reid, J., 1999. Threatened and declining birds in the New South Wales Sheep-wheat belt: diagnosis, characteristics and management. Final Report to NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra
53. Robinson, D., Traill, B.J., 1996. Conserving woodland birds in the wheat and sheep belts of southern Australia. RAOU Conservation Statement No. 10, Melbourne
54. Sæther B.E., Ringsby T.H., Røskaft E. Life history variation, population processes and priorities in species conservation: towards a reunion of research paradigms. Oikos. 77:1996;217-226.
55. Saitou T. Ecological study of social organisation in the great tit Parus major L.I. Basic structure of the winter flock. Japanese Journal of Ecology. 28:1978;199-214.
56. Saunders D.A., Hobbs R.J., Margules C.R. Biological consequences of ecosystem fragmentation - a review. Conservation Biology. 5:1991;18-32.
57. Schodde R., Mason I. The Directory of Australian Birds. 1999;CSIRO, Victoria.
58. Smith S.M. Flock switching in chickadees: why be a winter floater? American Naturalist. 123:1984;81-98.
59. Soulé M.E. Viable Populations for Conservation. 1987;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
60. Stephens P.A., Sutherland W.J. Consequences of the Allee effect for behaviour, ecology and conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 14:1999;401-405.
61. Stephens P.A., Sutherland W.J., Freckleton R.P. What is the Allee effect? Oikos. 87:1999;185-190.
62. Sutherland W. The importance of behavioural studies in conservation biology. Animal Behaviour. 56:1998;801-809.
63. Tellerià J.L., Santos T. Effects of forest fragmentation on a guild of wintering passerines - the role of habitat selection. Biological Conservation. 71:1995;61-67.
64. Tellerià J.L., Virgos E., Carbonell R., Perez-Tris J., Santos T. Behavioural responses to changing landscapes: flock structure and anti-predator strategies of tits wintering in fragmented forests. Oikos. 95:2001;253-264.
65. Traill B., Duncan S. Status of Birds in the New South Wales Temperate Woodlands Region. 2000;Australian Woodlands Conservancy, Chiltern, Vic.
66. Tzaros C. Nesting and ecology of the speckled warbler. Australian Birdwatcher. 16:1996;221-225.
67. Watson J., Freudenberger D., Paull D. An assessment of the focal-species approach for conserving birds in variegated landscapes in southeastern Australia. Conservation Biology. 15:2001;1364-1373.
68. Zanette L., Doyle P., Tremont S.M. Food shortage in small fragments: evidence from an area-sensitive passerine. Ecology. 81:2000;1654-1666.