Birds in fragmented forests in the LaTrobe Valley, Central Gippsland, Victoria.  R. H. Loyn.  November 1985.  8 pp. + App. (unpubl.)

SUMMARY

Birds were studied in 56 forest patches (from 0.1 to 1771 ha) isolated by clearing for agriculture or pine plantations. Most patches of less than 10 ha were seriously degraded and had been taken over by farmland birds, including noisy miners (Manorina melanocephala^†) which aggressively excluded other species. Larger patches supported a selection of forest birds depending on the habitats represented; numbers of species increased with size of patch. The only species confined to the two largest patches was the powerful owl (Ninox strenua).

^†Nomenclature follows RAOU (1978).

Also published:

Loyn, R.H. (1985)  Birds in fragmented forests in the LaTrobe Valley, Central Gippsland, Victoria.  In Birds of the Eucalypt Forests and Woodlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management, (Eds.) A. Keast, H.F. Recher, H.A. Ford and G.A. Saunders, Surrey-Beatty and Sons Ltd, Sydney, Ch. 31.