Habitat selection by the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) in relation to diel period, food and shelter

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-155

  Di Stefano, Julian ^a,b   York, Alan ^a   Swan, Matthew ^b   Greenfield, Andrew ^b   Coulson, Graeme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Habitat quality; Resource selection; Telemetry; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARSUPIAL; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SHELTER; TELEMETRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ANIMALIA; FILICOPHYTA; MACROPODIDAE; WALLABIA BICOLOR;

EID: 62549123777     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01890.x     Document Type: Article

References (83)

1. Aanes R. Andersen R. (1996) The effects of sex, time of birth, and habitat on the vulnerability of roe deer fawns to red fox predation. Can. J. Zool. 74, 1857 65.
2. Aebischer N. J., Robertson P. A. Kenward R. E. (1993) Compositional analysis of habitat use from animal radio-tracking data. Ecology 74, 1313 25.
3. Ager A. A., Johnson B. K., Kern J. W. Kie J. G. (2003) Daily and seasonal movements and habitat use by female rocky mountain elk and mule deer. J. Mammal. 84, 1076 88.
4. Bacigalupe L. D., Rezende E. L., Kenagy G. J. Bozinovic F. (2003) Activity and space use by degus: a trade-off between thermal conditions and food availability? J. Mammal. 84, 311 8.
5. Banks P. B., Newsome A. E. Dickman C. R. (2000) Predation by red foxes limits recruitment in populations of eastern grey kangaroos. Austral Ecol. 25, 283 91.
6. Beyer D. E. Haufler J. B. (1994) Diurnal versus 24-hour sampling of habitat use. J. Wildl. Manage. 58, 178 80.
7. Blumstein D. T. (2006) The multipredator hypothesis and the evolutionary persistence of antipredator behavior. Ethology 112, 209 17.
8. Blumstein D. T. Daniel J. C. (2002) Isolation from mammalian predators differentially affects two congeners. Behav. Ecol. 13, 657 63.
9. BOM (2006) Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) [Cited July 2006.] Available from URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/.
10. Bowyer R. T. Kie J. G. (2006) Effects of scale on interpreting life-history characteristics of ungulates and carnivores. Divers. Distrib. 12, 244 57.
11. Brown J. S. (1988) Patch use as an indicator of habitat preference, predation risk, and competition. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 22, 37 47.
12. Charnov E. L. (1976) Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem. Theor. Popul. Biol. 9, 129 36.
13. Clutton-Brock T. H. (1989) Mammalian mating systems. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. B Biol. 236, 339 72.
14. Clutton-Brock T. H., Iason G. R. Guinness F. E. (1987) Sexual segregation and density-related changes in habitat use in male and female red deer (Cervus elaphus). J. Zool. 211, 275 89.
15. Cook J. G., Irwin L. L., Bryant L. D., Riggs R. A. Thomas J. W. (1998) Relations of forest cover and condition of elk: a test of the thermal cover hypothesis in summer and winter. Wildl. Monogr. 141, 1 61.
16. Cowlishaw G. (1997) Trade-offs between foraging and predation risk determine habitat use in a desert baboon population. Anim. Behav. 53, 667 86.
17. Côté S. D., Rooney T. P., Tremblay J. P., Dussault C. Waller D. M. (2004) Ecological impacts of deer overabundance. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 35, 113 47.
18. Dawson T. J., Blaney C. E., Munn A. J., Krockenberger A. Maloney S. K. (2000a) Thermoregulation by kangaroos from mesic and arid habitats: influence of temperature on routes of heat loss in eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) and red kangaroos (Macropus rufus). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 73, 374 81.
19. Dawson T. J., Munn A. J., Blaney C. E., Krockenberger A. Maloney S. K. (2000b) Ventilatory accommodation of oxygen demand and respiratory water loss in kangaroos from mesic and arid environments, the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) and the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 73, 382 8.
20. Di Stefano J. (2005) Mammalian browsing damage in the Mt. Cole State forest, southeastern Australia: analysis of browsing patterns, spatial relationships and browse selection. New For. 29, 43 61.
21. Di Stefano J. (2007) Home range size and resource selection by the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, in a landscape modified by timber harvesting. PhD Thesis, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
22. Di Stefano J. Newell G. R. (2008) Diet selection by the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor): feeding strategies under conditions of changed food availability. J. Mammal. 89, 1540 9.
23. Di Stefano J., Moyle R. Coulson G. (2005) A soft-walled, double-layered trap for capture of swamp wallabies Wallabia bicolor. Aust. Mammal. 27, 235 8.
24. Di Stefano J., Anson J. A., York A. et al. (2007) Interactions between timber harvesting and swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor): space use, density and browsing impact. For. Ecol. Manage. 253, 128 37.
25. Dowman M. G. Collins F. C. (1982) The use of enzymes to predict the digestibility of animal feeds. J. Sci. Food Agric. 33, 689 96.
26. DSE (2006) Forest Explorer Map. [Cited July 2006.] Available from URL: http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/dsencor.nsf/LinkView/ 836EE128E54D861FCA256DA200208B945FD09CE028D6AA58CA256DAC0029FA1A.
27. Ferguson S. H., Bergerud A. T. Ferguson R. (1988) Predation risk and habitat selection in the persistence of a remnant caribou population. Oecologia 76, 236 45.
28. Fischhoff I. R., Sundaresan S. R., Cordingley J. Rubenstein D. I. (2007) Habitat use and movements of plains zebra (Equus burchelli) in response to predation in danger from lions. Behav. Ecol. 18, 725 9.
29. Fisher D. O. Lara M. C. (1999) Effects of body size and home range on access to mates and paternity in male bridled nailtail wallabies. Anim. Behav. 58, 121 30.
30. Floyd R. B. (1980) Density of Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest) (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in eucalypt plantations of different ages. Aust. Wildl. Res. 7, 333 7.
31. Fuller T. K. DeStefano S. (2003) Relative importance of early-successional forests and shrubland habitats to mammals in the northeastern United States. For. Ecol. Manage. 185, 75 9.
32. Garton E., Wisdom M., Leban F. Johnson B. (2001) Experimental design for radiotelemetry studies. In : Radio Tracking and Animal Populations (eds J. Millspaugh J. Marzluff) pp. 15 42. Academic Press, San Diego.
33. Gibbons P. Lindenmayer D. B. (1996) Issues associated with the retention of hollow-bearing trees within eucalypt forests managed for wood production. For. Ecol. Manage. 83, 245 79.
34. Hill G. J. E. (1981) A study of habitat preferences in the grey kangaroo. Aust. Wildl. Res. 8, 245 54.
35. Hill G. J. E. Phinn S. R. (1993) Revegetated sand mining areas, swamp wallabies and remote sensing: North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Aust. Geog. Stud. 31, 3 13.
36. Hill R. A. (2006) Thermal constraints on activity scheduling and habitat choice in baboons. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 129, 242 9.
37. Hollis C. J., Robertshaw J. D. Harden R. H. (1986) Ecology of the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) in north-eastern NSW. I. Diet. Aust. Wildl. Res. 13, 355 61.
38. Hood G. M. (2005) Pop Tools v. 2.6.7. [Downloaded February 2007.] Available from URL: http://www.cse.csiro.au/poptools.
39. Hughes J. J., Ward D. Perrin M. R. (1994) Predation risk and competition affect habitat selection and activity of Namib desert gerbils. Ecology 75, 1397 405.
40. Inns R. (1980) Ecology of the Kangaroo Island wallaby, Macropus eugenii, (Desmarest), in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island. PhD Thesis. University of Adelaide, Adelaide.
41. Johnson C. N. Bayliss P. G. (1981) Habitat selection by sex, age and reproductive class in the red kangaroo, Macropus rufus, in western New South Wales. Aust. Wildl. Res. 8, 465 74.
42. Johnson K. A. (1980) Spatial and temporal use of habitat by the red-necked pademelon, Thylogale thetis (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Aust. Wildl. Res. 7, 157 66.
43. Kie J. G. Bowyer R. T. (1999) Sexual segregation in white-tailed deer: density-dependent changes in use of space, habitat selection, and dietary niche. J. Mammal. 80, 1004 20.
44. Kotler B. P. Blaustein L. (1995) Titrating food and safety in a heterogeneous environment: when are the risky and safe patches of equal value? Oikos 74, 251 8.
45. Krebs J. R. Davies N. B. (1993) An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology. Blackwell, Oxford.
46. Lawler I. R. Foley W. J. (1999) Swamp wallabies and Tasmanian pademelons show intraspecific preferences for foliage. Aust. For. 62, 17 20.
47. Lawler I. R., Foley W. J. Eschler B. M. (2000) Foliar concentration of a single toxin creates habitat patchiness for a marsupial folivore. Ecology 81, 1327 38.
48. LCC (1978) Report on the North Central Study Area. Land Conservation Council, Melbourne.
49. le Mar K. McArthur C. (2005) Comparison of habitat selection by two sympatric macropods, Thylogale billardierii and Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus, in a patchy eucalypt-forestry environment. Austral Ecol. 30, 674 83.
50. Lima S. L. Dill L. M. (1990) Behavioral decisions made under the risk of predation - A review and prospectus. Can. J. Zool. 68, 619 40.
51. Lunney D. O'Connell M. (1988) Habitat selection by the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, the red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus, and the common wombat, Vombatus ursinus, in logged, burnt forest near Bega, New South Wales. Aust. Wildl. Res. 15, 695 706.
52. Lutze M. T., Campbell R. G. Fagg P. C. (1999) Development of silviculture in the native State forests of Victoria. Aust. For. 62, 236 44.
53. McCorquodale S. M. (2003) Sex-specific movements and habitat use by elk in the Cascade Range of Washington. J. Wildl. Manage. 67, 729 41.
54. McCune B., Grace J. B. Urban D. L. (2002) Analysis of Ecological Communities. MjM Software Design, Gleneden Beach.
55. Mahoney S. P. Virgl J. A. (2003) Habitat selection and demography of a nonmigratory woodland caribou population in Newfoundland. Can. J. Zool. 81, 321 34.
56. Main M. B. Coblentz B. E. (1990) Sexual segregation among ungulates: a critique. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 18, 204 10.
57. Main M. B., Weckerly F. W. Bleich V. C. (1996) Sexual segregation in ungulates: new directions for research. J. Mammal. 77, 449 61.
58. Manly B. F. J., McDonald L. L., Thomas D. L., McDonald T. L. Erickson W. P. (2002) Resource Selection by Animals: Statistical Design and Analysis for Field Studies. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
59. Metcalfe N. B., Fraser N. H. C. Burns M. D. (1999) Food availability and the nocturnal vs. diurnal foraging trade-off in juvenile salmon. J. Anim. Ecol. 68, 371 81.
60. Mielke P. W., Berry K. J. Johnson E. S. (1976) Multiresponse permutation procedures for a priori classifications. Comm. Stat. A5, 1409 24.
61. Mitchell M. S. Powell R. A. (2003) Response of black bears to forest management in the southern Appalachian mountains. J. Wildl. Manage. 67, 692 705.
62. Moe T. F., Kindberg J., Jansson I. Swenson J. E. (2007) Importance of diel behaviour when studying habitat selection: examples from female Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos). Can. J. Zool. 85, 518 25.
63. Moloney K. A. Levin S. A. (1996) The effects of disturbance architecture on landscape-level population dynamics. Ecology 77, 375 94.
64. Moser B., Schutz M. Hindenlang K. E. (2006) Importance of alternative food resources for browsing by roe deer on deciduous trees: the role of food availability and species quality. For. Ecol. Manage. 226, 248 55.
65. Nielsen S. E., Boyce M. S. Stenhouse G. B. (2004) Grizzly bears and forestry I. Selection of clearcuts by grizzly bears in west-central Alberta, Canada. For. Ecol. Manage. 199, 51 65.
66. Nilsen E. B., Linnell J. D. C. Andersen R. (2004) Individual access to preferred habitat affects fitness components in female roe deer Capreolus capreolus. J. Anim. Ecol. 73, 44 50.
67. Osawa R. (1990) Feeding strategies of the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. 1. Composition of diets. Aust. Wildl. Res. 17, 615 21.
68. Pierce B. M., Bowyer R. T. Bleich V. C. (2004) Habitat selection by mule deer: forage benefits or risk of predation? J. Wildl. Manage. 68, 533 41.
69. Rachlow J. L. Bowyer R. T. (1998) Habitat selection by Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli): maternal trade-offs. J. Zool. 245, 457 65.
70. Railsback S. F., Harvey B. C., Hayse J. W. LaGory K. E. (2005) Tests of theory for diel variation in salmonid feeding activity and habitat use. Ecology 86, 947 59.
71. Rao S. J., Iason G. R., Hulbert I. A. R., Elston D. A. Racey P. A. (2003) The effect of sapling density, heather height and season on browsing by mountain hares on birch. J. Appl. Ecol. 40, 626 38.
72. Rettie W. J. Messier F. (2000) Hierarchical habitat selection by woodland caribou: its relationship to limiting factors. Ecography 23, 466 78.
73. Rosenzweig M. (1974) On the evolution of habitat selection. In : Proceedings of the First International Congress of Ecology pp. 401 4. Center for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, Wageningen.
74. Rosenzweig M. L. (1981) A theory of habitat selection. Ecology 62, 327 35.
75. Sanson G. D. (1980) The morphology and occlusion of the molariform cheek teeth in some macropodinae (Marsupialia, Macropodidae). Aust. J. Zool. 28, 341 65.
76. Schooley R. L. (1994) Annual variation in habitat selection - patterns concealed by pooled data. J. Wildl. Manage. 58, 367 74.
77. Smith P. G. (2004) Automated log-ratio analysis of compositional data: software suited to analysis of habitat preference from radiotracking data. Bat Res. News 45, 16.
78. St-Louis A., Ouellet J. P., Crete M., Maltais J. Huot J. (2000) Effects of partial cutting in winter on white-tailed deer. Can. J. For. Res. 30, 655 61.
79. Stirrat S. C. (2003) Seasonal changes in home-range area and habitat use by the agile wallaby (Macropus agilis). Wildl. Res. 30, 593 600.
80. Sullivan T. P., Sullivan D. S., Lindgren P. M. F. Ransome D. B. (2007) Long-term responses of ecosystem components to stand thinning in young lodgepole pine forest IV. Relative habitat use by mammalian herbivores. For. Ecol. Manage. 240, 32 41.
81. Troy S., Coulson G. Middleton D. (1992) A comparison of radio-tracking and line transect techniques to determine habitat preferences in the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) in south-eastern Australia. In : Wildlife Telemetry: Remote Monitoring and Tracking of Animals (eds I. G. Priede S. M. Swift) pp. 651 60. Ellis Horwood, Chichester.
82. Verdolin J. L. (2006) Meta-analysis of foraging and predation risk trade-offs in terrestrial systems. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 60, 457 64.
83. Wood M. S. (2002) Resource partitioning in sympatric populations of red-necked and black wallabies. PhD Thesis, Deakin University, Geelong.