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1 August 2000 HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, LANDSCAPE CONTEXT, AND MAMMALIAN ASSEMBLAGES IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA
David B. Lindenmayer, Michael A. McCarthy, Kirsten M. Parris, Matthew L. Pope
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Abstract

We examined relationships between mammalian assemblages and landscape context and habitat fragmentation in southeastern Australia. Data were gathered from spotlighting and hair sample surveys at 166 sites in 3 different spatial (landscape) contexts: remnant patches of native eucalypt forest surrounded by an extensive plantation of exotic radiata pine (Pinus radiata—86 sites), the radiata pine plantation (40 sites), and large areas of continuous native eucalypt forest that occurred at the margins of the plantation (40 sites). Continuous eucalypt forest supported more species than eucalypt patches, although some species were more common in the patch areas. All assemblages in the radiata pine sites were substantially impoverished. There was a significant patch size effect for the total mammalian assemblage and for terrestrial native mammals but not for arboreal marsupials. Bigger remnants supported an assemblage different from (and more species rich) that found in smaller remnants, particularly those <3 ha where many mammal species occurred less frequently. The landscape context and patch area effects recorded in this study have important implications for plantation design in southern Australia. Eucalypt remnants should be exempt from clearing during plantation development; larger remnants are the most important areas.

David B. Lindenmayer, Michael A. McCarthy, Kirsten M. Parris, and Matthew L. Pope "HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, LANDSCAPE CONTEXT, AND MAMMALIAN ASSEMBLAGES IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA," Journal of Mammalogy 81(3), 787-797, (1 August 2000). https://doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0787:HFLCAM>2.3.CO;2
Received: 16 June 1999; Accepted: 16 December 1999; Published: 1 August 2000
KEYWORDS
arboreal marsupials
Australia
habitat fragmentation
landscape context
remnant vegetation conservation
terrestrial native mammals
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