Change in habitat resources and structure near urban edges and its influence on the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) in southeast Queensland, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-432

  Brearley, Grant ^a   Bradley, Adrian ^a   Bell, Sarah ^a   Mcalpine, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edge; Forest fragmentation; Forest dependent mammal; Resource availability; Squirrel glider; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; EDGE EFFECT; FLORISTICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; NATIVE SPECIES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 79957615687     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02156.x     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Ball T. M. & Goldingay R. L. (2008) Can wooden poles be used to reconnect habitat for a gliding mammal? Landsc. Urban Plan. 87, 140-6.
2. Bennett A. F., Lumsden L. F., Alexander J. S. A. etal. (1991) Habitat use by arboreal mammals along an environmental gradient in north-eastern Victoria. Wildl. Res. 18, 125-46.
3. Beyer G. L. & Goldingay R. L. (2008) The characteristics of squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) den trees in subtropical Australia. Aust. J. Zool. 56, 13-21.
4. Brearley G., Bradley A., Bell S. & McAlpine C. (2010) Influence of contrasting urban edges on the abundance of arboreal mammals: a study of squirrel gliders (Petaurus norfolcensis) in southeast Queensland, Australia. Biol. Conserv. 143, 60-71.
5. Carthew S. M. (2004) Distribution and conservation status of possums and gliders in South Australia. In: The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders (eds R. L. Goldingay & S. M. Jackson) pp. 63-70. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney, NSW.
6. Catterall C. P. & Kingston M. (1993) Remnant Bushland of South East Queensland in the 1990's: Its Distribution, Loss, Ecological Consequences and Future Prospects. Institute of Applied Environmental Research. Griffith University and Brisbane City Council, Brisbane.
7. Chen J., Franklin J. F. & Spies T. A. (1992) Vegetation responses to edge environments in old-growth Douglas-Fir forests. Ecol. Appl. 2, 387-96.
8. Commonwealth of Australia (2008) Southeast Queensland: Regional Planning: Planning and Growth. Queensland Government, Department of Infrastructure and Planning, [Updated 15 May 2008; cited 13 October 2008.] Available from URL.
9. Didham R. K. & Lawton J. H. (1999) Edge structure determines the magnitude of changes in microclimate and vegetation structure in tropical forest fragments. Biotropica 31, 17-30.
10. Dobson M., Goldingay R. L. & Sharpe D. J. (2004) Feeding behaviour of the squirrel glider in remnant habitat in Brisbane. Aust. Mammal. 26, 27-35.
11. Dobson M., Goldingay R. L. & Sharpe D. J. (2005) Feeding behaviour of the squirrel glider in remnant habitat in Brisbane. Aust. Mammal. 27, 27-35.
12. Eby P. & Law B. (2008) Ranking the Feeding Habitat of Grey-Headed Flying Foxes for Conservation Management. Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), Sydney.
13. Eyre T. J. & Smith A. P. (1997) Floristic and structural habitat preferences of yellow-bellied gliders (Petaurus australis) and selective logging impacts in southeast Queensland, Australia. For. Ecol. Manage. 98, 281-95.
14. Garden J., McAlpine C., Peterson A., Jones D. & Possingham H. (2006) Review of the ecology of Australian urban fauna: a focus on spatially explicit processes. Austral Ecol. 31, 126-48.
15. Gibbons P. & Lindenmayer D. (2002) Tree Hollows and Wildlife Conservation in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
16. Goldingay R. (1990) The foraging behaviour of a nectar feeding marsupial, Petaurus australis. Oecologia 85, 191-9.
17. Goldingay R. L. & Jackson S. M. (2004) A review of the ecology of the Australian Petauridae. In: The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders (eds R. L. Goldingay & S. M. Jackson) pp. 376-400. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Notton.
18. Goldingay R. L. & Sharpe D. J. (2004) How do we conserve the squirrel glider in Brisbane's urban matrix? In: Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna, 2nd edn (ed. D. Lunney) pp. 663-77. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman.
19. Goldingay R. L. & Taylor B. D. (2009) Gliding performance and its relevance to gap crossing by the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis). Aust. J. Zool. 57, 99-104.
20. Goldingay R. L. & Whelan R. J. (1997) Powerline easements: do they promote edge effects in eucalypt forest for small mammals? Wildl. Res. 24, 737-44.
21. Goldingay R. L., Sharpe D. J., Beyer G. L. & Dobson M. (2006) Using ecological studies to understand the conservation needs of the squirrel glider in Brisbane's urban-forest remnants. Aust. Mammal. 28, 173-86.
22. Goosem M. (2002) Effects of tropical rainforest roads on small mammals: fragmentation, edge effects and traffic disturbance. Wildl. Res. 29, 277-89.
23. Harper K. A., Macdonald S. E., Burton P. J. etal. (2005) Edge influence on forest structure and composition in fragmented landscapes. Conserv. Biol. 19, 768-82.
24. Harper M. J., McCarthy M. A. & van der Ree R. (2008) Resource at the landscape scale influence possum abundance. Austral Ecol. 33, 243-52.
25. Heske K. A. (1995) Mammalian abundances on forest-farm edges versus forest interiors in southern Illinois: is there an edge effect? J. Mammal. 76, 562-8.
26. Holland G. J., Bennett A. F. & van der Ree R. (2007) Time-budget and feeding behaviour of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) in linear remnant habitat. Wildl. Res. 34, 288-95.
27. Jackson S. M. (2000) Glide angle in the genus Petaurus and a review of gliding in mammals. Mamm. Rev. 30, 9-30.
28. Kavanagh R. P. (2004) Distribution and conservation status of possums and gliders in New South Wales. In: The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders (eds R. L. Goldingay & S. M. Jackson) pp. 130-48. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Notton.
29. Kavanagh R. P. & Bamkin K. L. (1995) Distribution of nocturnal birds and mammals in relation to the logging mosaic in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Biol. Conserv. 71, 41-53.
30. Laurance S. G. & Laurance W. F. (1999) Tropical wildlife corridors: use of linear rainforest remnants by arboreal mammals. Biol. Conserv. 91, 231-9.
31. Laurance W. F. & Laurance S. G. W. (1996) Responses of five arboreal marsupials to recent selective logging in tropical Australia. Biotropica 28, 310-22.
32. Lindenmayer D., Welsh A., Donnelly C. F. & Meggs R. (1996) Use of nest trees by the mountain brushtail possum (Trichosurus caninus) (Phalangeridae, Marsupialia). I. Number of occupied trees and frequency of tree use. Wildl. Res. 23, 343-61.
33. Lindenmayer D. B., Cunningham R. B., Tanton M. T., Smith A. P. & Nix H. A. (1990) The habitat requirements of the mountain brushtail possum and the great glider in the montane ash-type eucalypt forests of the central highlands of Victoria. Aust. Wildl. Res. 17, 467-78.
34. Lowman M. D. & Heatwole H. (1992) Spatial and temporal variability in defoliation of Australian eucalypts. Ecology 73, 129-42.
35. McAlpine C. A. & Eyre T. J. (2002) Testing landscape metrics as indicators of habitat loss and fragmentation in continuous eucalypt forests (Queensland, Australia). Landsc. Ecol. 17, 711-28.
36. McKinney M. L. (2002) Urbanization, biodiversity and conservation. Bioscience 52, 883-90.
37. Mackowski C. M. (1984) The ontogeny of hollows in blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) and its relevance to the management of forests for possums, gliders and timber. In: Possums and Gliders (eds A. P. Smith & I. D. Hume) pp. 553-67. Australian Mammal Society, Sydney.
38. Marini M. A., Robinson S. K. & Heske E. J. (1995) Edge effects on nest predation in the Shawnee National Forest, Southern Illinois. Biol. Conserv. 74, 203-13.
39. Martin J. K. (2006) Den-use and home-range characteristics of bobucks, Trichosurus cunninghami, resident in a forest patch. Aust. J. Zool. 54, 225-34.
40. Mawbey R. B. (1989) A new trap design for the capture of sugar gliders, Petaurus breviceps. Aust. Wildl. Res. 16, 425-8.
41. Miller J. R. & Hobbs R. J. (2002) Conservation where people live and work. Conserv. Biol. 16, 330-7.
42. Oosterhoorn M. & Kappelle M. (2000) Vegetation structure and composition along an interior-edge-exterior gradient in a Costa Rican montane cloud forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 126, 291-307.
43. Queensland Museum (1995) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane. Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
44. Ries L., Fletcher R. J., Battin J. & Sisk T. D. (2004) Ecological responses to habitat edges: mechanisms, models, and variability explained. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 35, 491-522.
45. Rowston C., Catterall C. P. & Hurst C. (2002) Habitat preferences of squirrel gliders, Petaurus norfolcensis, in the fragmented landscape of south-east Queensland. For. Ecol. Manage. 164, 197-209.
46. Sharpe D. J. & Goldingay R. L. (1998) Feeding behaviour of the squirrel glider at Bungawalbin Nature Reserve, north-eastern New South Wales. Wildl. Res. 25, 243-54.
47. Sizer N. & Tanner E. V. J. (1999) Responses of woody plant seedlings to edge formation in a lowland tropical rainforest, Amazonia. Biol. Conserv. 91, 135-42.
48. Smith A. P. & Murray M. (2003) Habitat requirements of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) and associated possums and gliders on the New South Wales central coast. Wildl. Res. 30, 291-301.
49. Soderquist T. R. & MacNally R. (2000) The conservation value of mesic gullies in dry forest landscapes: mammal populations in the box-ironbark ecosystem of southern Australia. Biol. Conserv. 93, 281-91.
50. Suckling G. C. (1984) Population ecology of the sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps, in a system of fragmented habitats. Aust. Wildl. Res. 11, 49-75.
51. van der Ree R. (2006) Road upgrade in Victoria a filter to the movement of the endangered Squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis): results of a pilot study. Ecol. Manag. Restor. 7, 226-8.
52. van der Ree R. & Bennett A. F. (2003) Home range of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) in a network of remnant linear habitats. J. Zool. Lond. 259, 327-36.
53. van der Ree R., Ward S. J. & Handasyde K. A. (2004) Distribution and conservation status of possums and gliders in Victoria. In: The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders (eds R. L. Goldingay & S. M. Jackson) pp. 91-110. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Notton.
54. van der Ree R., Bennett A. F. & Soderquist T. R. (2006) Nest-tree selection by the threatened brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in a highly fragmented agricultural landscape. Wildl. Res. 33, 113-9.
55. Vitousek P. M., Mooney H. A., Lubchenco J. & Melillo J. M. (1997) Human domination of the Earth's ecosystems. Science 277, 494-9.
56. Wormington K. R., Lamb D., McCallum H. I. & Moloney D. J. (2001) Habitat requirements for the conservation of arboreal marsupials in dry sclerophyll forests of southeast Queensland, Australia. For. Sci. 48, 217-27.