Search Results - "Noske, Richard A"
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Evicting cuckoo nestlings from the nest: a new anti-parasitism behaviour
Published in Biology letters (2005) (23-02-2010)“…As avian brood parasitism usually reduces hosts' reproductive success, hosts often exhibit strong defence mechanisms. While such host defences at the egg stage…”
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The Role of Habitat Heterogeneity in Structuring Mangrove Bird Assemblages
Published in Diversity (Basel) (2015)“…Mangrove habitats are under severe land use pressure throughout the world and Australia is no exception. Here we describe the heterogeneity of mangrove habitat…”
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Succession in Bird and Plant Communities over a 24‐Year Chronosequence of Mine Rehabilitation in the Australian Monsoon Tropics
Published in Restoration ecology (01-11-2010)“…We compared the bird and woody plant communities of 2 to 24‐year‐old rehabilitation areas at Gove bauxite mine (20 km²) in the seasonal tropics of northern…”
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Resource Partitioning by Mangrove Bird Communities in North Australia
Published in Biotropica (01-05-2014)“…Mangrove bird communities in north Australia comprise relatively few passerine species compared with other arboreal habitats in the region. Mangroves are…”
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Geographical patterning of species richness among granivorous birds in Australia
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-07-2000)“…Aim To examine and compare patterns of species richness and prominence across the Australian continent for taxonomic and ecological subsets of the granivorous…”
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Nesting beside old nests, but not over water, increases current nest survival in a tropical mangrove-dwelling warbler
Published in Journal of ornithology (01-04-2013)“…Nest predation rates often depend on how well a nest is concealed. Many tropical birds build their nests over water and/or build large pendant nests that…”
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Artificial nest predation rates vary among habitats in the Australian monsoon tropics
Published in Ecological research (01-05-2008)“…Rates of nest predation have frequently been shown to differ between fragmented and unfragmented habitats, but have rarely been compared among natural habitats…”
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Generalised regressions provide good estimates of insect and spider biomass in the monsoonal tropics of Australia
Published in Australian journal of entomology (01-08-2006)“…The estimation of arthropod biomass is often important in studies of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function, including analyses of the relative…”
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Bruguiera hainesii: Another Bird-Pollinated Mangrove?
Published in Biotropica (01-12-1993)“…In this note it is suggested from field observations, that B. hainesii is more appropriately treated as a member of the large-flowered Bruguieras, most similar…”
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