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Sustained and delayed noisy miner suppression at an avian hotspot

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dc.contributor.authorCrates, Ross
dc.contributor.authorRayner, Laura
dc.contributor.authorWebb, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorStojanovic, Dejan
dc.contributor.authorWilkie, Colin
dc.contributor.authorHeinsohn, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-12T23:34:34Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2022-02-20T07:21:21Z
dc.description.abstractTo mitigate the impact of noisy miners Manorina melanocephala on Australia's woodland birds, there is a need to identify locations where noisy miner suppression can be affordable, sustainable and facilitate woodland bird recovery. In 2017, we suppressed noisy miners from the Goulburn River, NSW for at least three months. During this period, six pairs of critically endangered regent honeyeaters nested in the treatment area. In 2018, we continued monitoring the original noisy miner treatment area, which was expanded to include our 2017 control area, and established a new control area downstream. In 2019, the removal effort was again expanded to include the 2018 control area. In the 2017 treatment area, noisy miners remained suppressed up to 27 months post-removal. Their numbers here were lower 1 year after the initial cull than in the week after it. In the 2018 and 2019 treatment areas, noisy miner abundance was significantly lower after respective culls than at all pre-removal periods. In 2018, around 20 vulnerable painted honeyeaters occupied the 2018 treatment area. In 2019, two regent honeyeater pairs nested in and at least 40 painted honeyeaters occupied the treatment area. Songbird abundance increased within seasons and also up to a year following noisy miner removal, and plateaued thereafter. We show how, in strategic locations, a week of noisy miner suppression each spring can sequentially create ever-larger landscapes where noisy miner impacts on threatened woodland birds are minimal.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by Yancoal and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1442-9985en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/207461
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherBlackwell Science Asia
dc.rights© 2020 Ecological Society of Australia
dc.sourceAustral Ecology
dc.titleSustained and delayed noisy miner suppression at an avian hotspot
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue5
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage643en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage636en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCrates, Ross, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationRayner, Laura, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWebb, Matthew, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationStojanovic, Dejan, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWilkie, Colin, Australian Vertebrate Pest Management Ltden_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHeinsohn, Robert, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu4819975@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidCrates, Ross, u5476383en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidRayner, Laura, u4819975en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidWebb, Matthew, u4949208en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidStojanovic, Dejan, u4799452en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidHeinsohn, Robert, u8406391en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor050202 - Conservation and Biodiversityen_AU
local.identifier.absfor050205 - Environmental Managementen_AU
local.identifier.absseo960505 - Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environmentsen_AU
local.identifier.absseo960806 - Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversityen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu1055894xPUB231en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume45
local.identifier.doi10.1111/aec.12878en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85081253763
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1055894en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.wiley.com/en-gben_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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