Tree hollow densities reduced by frequent late dry-season wildfires in threatened Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) breeding habitat
I. J. Radford
A B E , S. L. J. Oliveira B , B. Byrne C and L.-A. Woolley B D
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A Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, PO Box 942, Kununurra, WA 6743, Australia.
B Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0815, Australia.
C Botanical North, Cow Bay, Qld 4873, Australia.
D Worldwide Fund for Nature - Australia, Lotteries House, Cable Beach East, Broome, WA 2676, Australia.
E Corresponding author. Email: ian.radford@dbca.wa.gov.au
Wildlife Research - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR20108
Submitted: 30 June 2020 Accepted: 13 February 2021 Published online: 14 April 2021
Journal Compilation © CSIRO 2021 Open Access CC BY
Abstract
Context. Tree hollows are a key habitat resource for hollow-nesting species, including the northern Australian Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae). Certain fire and disturbance regimes limit tree hollow availability in the northern Australian savannas.
Aims. This study investigated the influence of fire regime and vegetation structure on the density of tree hollows at Gouldian finch breeding sites.
Methods. Fire scars were mapped across breeding sites by using LANDSAT images. Vegetation plots within sites were spatially stratified according to three fire-regime attributes, namely, fire frequency, late dry-season wildfire frequency and time since the last fire. Tree hollow and vegetation structural attributes were measured at each vegetation plot. We modelled the relationship among hollow density, fire and vegetation attributes by using general linear mixed models with site as the random factor.
Key results. We found that the highest tree-hollow density was found at plots with high eucalypt tree density and cover and with the lowest frequency of late dry-season wildfires (<1 wildfire over 5 years). Tree-hollow density declined after >2 years without fire. Hollow density was not directly related to total fire frequency.
Conclusions. This study adds to previous work on grass seed resources in highlighting the importance of fire in Gouldian finch ecology. This study particularly highlighted the importance of reducing the impacts of high-intensity late dry-season wildfires because of their negative impacts on tree-hollow density, which is a key resource for breeding Gouldian finches.
Implications. We recommend the use of a network of interconnected annual patchy early dry-season prescribed burns for protecting Gouldian breeding habitat from threat of high-intensity wildfires. We do NOT recommend fire exclusion from Gouldian finch breeding habitats. This is because fire risks to hollow-bearing trees, and grass seed resources, increase with the long-term accumulation of savanna litter fuels in the absence of fire.
Keywords: fire ecology, savanna, obligate hollow nesting, grass finches, threatened species.
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