Sample name: Blue Gum Swamp Creek

Reference: J. W. Hardy and J. R. Farrell. 1990. A bird banding study in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. 1. Overview. Corella 14(1):1-15 [ER 2731]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 1085.0

Habitat comments: "tall open forest" dominated by Eucalpytus deanei, E. piperita, and E. notabilis
MAP is for "nearby Springwood"

Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: no design, mist nets

Sample size: 3450 individuals

Years: 1977 - 1987

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "Mist nets... had a mesh size of 32 mm... and were opened to an effective height of 2.7 m. Most were 12 m long, but several 9 m and 18 m long nets were also used. Only two nets were used until early 1979, after which eight or more were used consistently. After 1980 up to 16 nets were erected on occasions... 187 banding visits were made to the study site"
total number of banding days for 1979 - 1987 is 143, but figures for 1977 and 1978 are not given and the number of net days is not indicated
counts are of individuals, not captures

Sample no: 2898

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-04-21 18:02:29

Modified: 2018-06-30 11:06:52