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Foraging by an avian ecosystem engineer extensively modifies the litter and soil layer in forest ecosystems by Maisey, Alex C., Haslem, Angie, Leonard, Steven W. J., Bennett, Andrew F.

“…Ecosystem engineers physically modify their environment, thereby altering habitats for other organisms. Increasingly, “engineers” are recognized as an…”
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Dance Choreography Is Coordinated with Song Repertoire in a Complex Avian Display by Dalziell, Anastasia H., Peters, Richard A., Cockburn, Andrew, Dorland, Alexandra D., Maisey, Alex C., Magrath, Robert D.

“…All human cultures have music and dance [1, 2], and the two activities are so closely integrated that many languages use just one word to describe both [1, 3]…”
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Differential effects of ecosystem engineering by the superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae and herbivory by large mammals on floristic regeneration and structure in wet eucalypt forests by Maisey, Alex C., Haslem, Angie, Leonard, Steven W. J., Bennett, Andrew F.

“…Ecosystem engineers that modify the soil and ground‐layer properties exert a strong influence on vegetation communities in ecosystems worldwide. Understanding…”
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Male lyrebirds create a complex acoustic illusion of a mobbing flock during courtship and copulation by Dalziell, Anastasia H., Maisey, Alex C., Magrath, Robert D., Welbergen, Justin A.

“…Darwin argued that females’ “taste for the beautiful” drives the evolution of male extravagance,1 but sexual selection theory also predicts that extravagant…”
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Temporal dynamics in the composition of bird communities along a gradient of farmland restoration by Haslem, Angie, Clarke, Rohan H., Maisey, Alex C., Stewart, Alistair, Radford, James Q., Bennett, Andrew F.

“…Revegetation plantings are a key activity in farmland restoration and are commonly assumed to support biotic communities that, with time, replicate those of…”
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Habitat selection by the Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), an iconic ecosystem engineer in forests of south‐eastern Australia by Maisey, Alex C., Nimmo, Dale G., Bennett, Andrew F.

“…Landscape heterogeneity, from both natural and anthropogenic causes, fundamentally influence the distribution of species. Conservation management requires an…”
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Preferred nesting habitat of the slow-breeding Superb Lyrebird is rare and was disproportionately impacted by Australia's “Black Summer” megafires (2019–2020) within a World Heritage Area by Hughes, Eric J., Austin, Victoria I., Backhouse, Fiona, Maisey, Alex C., Lopez, Kelsie A., Mikles, Chloe S., Odom, Karan J., Welbergen, Justin A., Dalziell, Anastasia H.

“…Understanding nest site selection is critical to developing effective conservation management actions. The Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) is one of…”
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Destruction of a conspecific nest by a female Superb Lyrebird: evidence for reproductive suppression in a bird with female-only parental care by Austin, Victoria I, Welbergen, Justin A, Maisey, Alex C, Lindsay, Meghan G, Dalziell, Anastasia H

“…Abstract Reproductive suppression, whereby individuals decrease the reproductive output of conspecific rivals, is well-studied in mammals, but while it is…”
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Effects of a megafire vary with fire severity and forest type: The impact of Australia's ‘Black Summer’ fires on the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), an iconic forest species by Maisey, Alex C., Collins, Luke, Newell, Graeme, Bennett, Andrew F.

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Quantifying the landscape-scale recovery of bird communities over time in response to on-farm restoration plantings by Haslem, Angie, Maisey, Alex C., Clarke, Rohan H., Stewart, Alistair, Radford, James Q., Bennett, Andrew F.

“…Restoring wooded vegetation to cleared agricultural landscapes is a global priority. Restoration is a dynamic, long-term process: individual plantings take…”
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Occupancy of chainsaw-carved hollows by an Australian arboreal mammal is influenced by cavity attributes and surrounding habitat by Best, Katherine, Haslem, Angie, Maisey, Alex C., Semmens, Kristin, Griffiths, Stephen R.

“…•Multiple native species of birds and mammals visit and use chainsaw hollows carved into live trees.•Stakeholders should consider cavity attributes and local…”
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