The response of ground and bark foraging insectivorous birds across an urban–forest gradient Trollope, Samuel T., White, John G. and Cooke, Raylene 2009, The response of ground and bark foraging insectivorous birds across an urban–forest gradient, Landscape and urban planning, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 142-150, doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.06.013. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The response of ground and bark foraging insectivorous birds across an urban–forest gradient Author(s) Trollope, Samuel T. White, John G. orcid.org/0000-0002-7375-5944 Cooke, Raylene orcid.org/0000-0002-8843-7113 Journal name Landscape and urban planning Volume number 93 Issue number 2 Start page 142 End page 150 Total pages 9 Publisher Elsevier BV Place of publication Amsterdam, Netherlands Publication date 2009-11-30 ISSN 0169-2046 1872-6062 Keyword(s) habitat fragmentation connectivity isolation roads landscape Summary This paper assesses the response of four common species of forest dependant insectivorous birds to an urban–forest gradient. The presence or absence was recorded for each species in landscapes that varied in landscape and site level attributes. Landscapes were classified into three categories based on their level of urbanisation. Broad comparisons across the landscapes were used to determine species specific response to increasing levels of urbanisation. Site level attributes were modelled to predict the patch occupancy for each species in each of the landscape types. Two broad trends were identified: the superb fairy wren (Malurus cyaneus) and white-browed scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) displayed a tolerance to urbanisation and the eastern yellowrobin (Eosaltrica australis) and white throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaeus) demonstrated a threshold response to urbanisation. The density of roads (−ve) and the extent of tree cover (+ve) in a landscape were highly correlated with the occurrence of urban sensitive species while at the site level the density of roads and density of rivers were the strongest contributors to their presence. The marked differences in the isolation and connectivity of patches where the threshold for urban sensitive species ceases are the likely contributors to their decline and sensitivity to suburban habitats. Conservation and management of urban sensitive species is largely dependant on the way urban development is managed. Of critical importance is careful planning in urban-fringe environments. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.06.013 Field of Research 050211 Wildlife and Habitat Management Socio Economic Objective 960511 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Urban and Industrial Environments HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Elsevier B.V. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30024933 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Higher Education Research Group Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 08 Mar 2010, 13:29:47 EST Mon, 22 Mar 2010, 08:05:44 EST Mon, 22 Mar 2010, 08:58:55 EST Mon, 22 Mar 2010, 09:00:56 EST Mon, 22 Mar 2010, 09:01:33 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 14:47:34 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 22:11:51 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 21 times in TR Web of Science Cited 26 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1014 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 08 Mar 2010, 13:29:39 EST by Teresa Treffry