Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Bird Point Count Data, Southwest Slopes, NSW, Australia, 1998–2011

• Main Author: David Lindenmayer
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: TERN Australia 2017
• Subjects: Birds; Bird counts; Grazing domestic livestock; Fragmentation; 0501; 0602; 0608; Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Birds; Acanthiza chrysorrhoa; Acanthiza lineata; Acanthiza nana; Acanthiza pusilla; Acanthiza reguloides; Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris; Accipiter cirrocephalus; Accipiter fasciatus; Accipiter novaehollandiae; Acrocephalus australis; Alauda arvensis; Alisterus scapularis; Anas castanea; Anas gracilis; Anas superciliosa; Anthochaera carunculata; Anthus novaeseelandiae; Aphelocephala leucopsis; Aquila audax; Ardea pacifica; Artamus cyanopterus; Artamus personatus; Artamus superciliosus; Aythya australis; Cacatua galerita; Cacatua sanguinea; Cacomantis flabelliformis; Cacomantis pallidus; Cacomantis variolosus; Caligavis chrysops; Callocephalon fimbriatum; Calyptorhynchus funereus; Carduelis carduelis; Chalcites basalis; Chalcites lucidus; Chenonetta jubata; Chthonicola sagittata; Cincloramphus cruralis; Cincloramphus mathewsi; Cinclosoma punctatum; Cisticola exilis; Climacteris picumnus; Colluricincla harmonica; Coracina novaehollandiae; Coracina papuensis; Coracina tenuirostris; Corcorax melanorhamphos; Cormobates leucophaea; Corvus coronoides; Corvus mellori; Coturnix pectoralis; Coturnix ypsilophora; Cracticus nigrogularis; Cracticus tibicen; Cracticus torquatus; Dacelo novaeguineae; Daphoenositta chrysoptera; Dicaeum hirundinaceum; Egretta novaehollandiae; Elanus axillaris; Elseyornis melanops; Entomyzon cyanotis; Eolophus roseicapillus; Eopsaltria australis; Epthianura albifrons; Epthianura tricolor; Eurystomus orientalis; Falco berigora; Falco cenchroides; Falco longipennis; Falco peregrinus; Falcunculus frontatus; Gallinula tenebrosa; Geopelia striata; Gerygone fusca; Gerygone olivacea; Glossopsitta pusilla; Grallina cyanoleuca; Haliastur sphenurus; Hirundo neoxena; Lalage sueurii; Leucosarcia melanoleuca; Malurus cyaneus; Manorina melanocephala; Meliphaga lewinii; Melithreptus brevirostris; Melithreptus gularis; Melithreptus lunatus; Melopsittacus undulatus; Menura novaehollandiae; Merops ornatus; Microcarbo melanoleucos; Microeca fascinans; Myiagra cyanoleuca; Myiagra inquieta; Myiagra rubecula; Neochmia temporalis; Neophema pulchella; Nesoptilotis leucotis; Nycticorax caledonicus; Nymphicus hollandicus; Ocyphaps lophotes; Oriolus sagittatus; Pachycephala olivacea; Pachycephala pectoralis; Pachycephala rufiventris; Pardalotus punctatus; Pardalotus striatus; Passer domesticus; Petrochelidon ariel; Petrochelidon nigricans; Petroica boodang; Petroica goodenovii; Petroica phoenicea; Petroica rosea; Phalacrocorax carbo; Phalacrocorax sulcirostris; Phalacrocorax varius; Phaps chalcoptera; Phaps elegans; Philemon citreogularis; Philemon corniculatus; Phylidonyris novaehollandiae; Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera; Platalea flavipes; Platycercus elegans; Platycercus eximius; Polytelis swainsonii; Pomatostomus superciliosus; Psephotus haematonotus; Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; Ptilotula fusca; Ptilotula penicillata; Rhipidura albiscapa; Rhipidura leucophrys; Rhipidura rufifrons; Sericornis frontalis; Smicrornis brevirostris; Stagonopleura guttata; Strepera graculina; Strepera versicolor; Sturnus vulgaris; Tachybaptus novaehollandiae; Threskiornis molucca; Threskiornis spinicollis; Todiramphus pyrrhopygius; Todiramphus sanctus; Turdus merula; Turnix pyrrhothorax; Turnix varius; Vanellus miles; Zoothera lunulata; Zosterops lateralis; Donnelly
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The Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network Bird Point Count Data contains counts of all birds seen and heard over five minute periods at each of the 0 m, 100 m and 200 m posts along a permanent 200m transect at each site. Dawn bird counts are conducted every 1-2 years using repeated point interval counts. Repeated point counts by two different observers on two different days are undertaken. The distance that each bird was seen/heard at is recorded along with bird abundance and any anecdotal comments (e.g. breeding behaviour). Bird species presence/absence or detection rates within 50 m of the observer is commonly used for analysis. The principle objective of the Nanangroe study is to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation (Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C & Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, p. 160). The study area is located in the Southwest slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation.