The structure of raptor assemblages in riparian environments in the south-west of the Northern Territory, Australia

2001 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Aumann
Keyword(s):  
Northern Territory ◽  
The South ◽  
South West

Habitat use, temporal activity patterns and foraging behaviour of raptors in the south-west of the Northern Territory, Australia

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Aumann
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Foraging Behaviour ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Diel Activity ◽  
The South ◽  
Interspecific Differences ◽  
South West ◽  
Diel Activity Patterns ◽  
Vegetation Structures

On the basis of opportunistic observations, the preferred habitats of diurnal raptors in the south-west of the Northern Territory are quantified in terms of their vegetation structures and composition, and linked with foraging methods and information on local diets. Broad interspecific differences in diel activity patterns are also described. The evidence suggests that raptor species in this part of arid Australia differ with respect to their foraging times, habitats and methods, and that these differences relate to their partitioning of food resources.

A cladistic analysis of Boronia section Valvatae (Rutaceae)

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 636
Author(s):  
Marco F. Duretto ◽  
Pauline Y. Ladiges
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
The South ◽  
Infrageneric Classification ◽  
North West ◽  
South West ◽  
Cape York ◽  
Anatomical Characters

A phylogenetic analysis, using 55 morphological and anatomical characters, of all 58 species of Boronia section Valvatae was completed. On the basis of this analysis B. alata, B. algida and B. edwardsii are removed from section Valvatae and it is proposed that two new sections be erected to accommodate them. Boronia section Valvatae s. str., apart from valvate and persistent petals, is defined by the of presence stellate hairs, valvate sepals and axillary inflorescences. An infrageneric classification, based on the cladogram, of Boronia section Valvatae s. str. is proposed and includes four subsections, nine series and five subseries. Of the four subsections, Ternatatae is endemic to the south-west of Australia, Bowmaniae to Cape York, and Grandisepalae to the ‘Top End’ of the Northern Territory (including north-west Queensland) and the Kimberley Region. Subsection Valvatae is widespread but is predominantly found in the south-east of Australia

An intraspecific and interspecific comparison of raptor diets in the south-west of the Northern Territory, Australia

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Aumann
Keyword(s):  
Northern Territory ◽  
Diet Overlap ◽  
Large Mammals ◽  
Interspecific Comparison ◽  
Important Food ◽  
The South ◽  
South West ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Competition For Food ◽  
Central Australia

Dietary information, collected during 1995–97 in the south-west of the Northern Territory, is presented for 11 raptor species. Unlike better-studied populations of these species in south-eastern and eastern Australia, most of the raptors in the arid inland were found to depend heavily on reptiles and birds, the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) being a particularly important food for many species during those periods when it was plentiful. Between-territory, between-year and seasonal differences in diet are quantified for most species. The raptor assemblages in central Australia included specialists on medium-sized to large mammals, small to medium-sized birds, and small reptiles/invertebrates, as well as several generalists. Indices of prey diversity and evenness were calculated for each species, and diet overlap between them was used to investigate aspects of interspecific competition for food. Overall, diet overlap was greatest among the bird specialists and between some of the generalists. It increased in 1997, a year of comparative plenty, possibly because several species exploited an abundance of some prey taxa and competitive pressure eased.

Regelia punicea (N.Byrnes) Barlow, comb.nov. (Myrtaceae) from the Northern Territory: Phytogeographic implications.

Brunonia ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
BA Barlow
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
The South ◽  
South West ◽  
Arnhem Land ◽  
Floral Characters

On the basis of habit, habitat and floral characters, Melaleuca punicea N. Byrnes from Arnhem Land is more satisfactorily placed in the genus Regelia, which otherwise is confined to the south-west of Western Australia. This disjunct occurrence of a relatively unspecialized member of its group of genera indicates that it is relictual, and that the origin of the group may not have been in the south-west of Western Australia.

Middle and Late Iron Age Occupation at Cadnam Farm, Alton, Hampshire

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-136
Author(s):  
Oliver Good ◽  
Richard Massey
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
The South ◽  
Late Iron Age ◽  
South West ◽  
Middle Iron Age

Three individual areas, totalling 0.55ha, were excavated at the Cadnam Farm site, following evaluation. Area 1 contained a D-shaped enclosure of Middle Iron Age date, associated with the remains of a roundhouse, and a ditched drove-way. Other features included refuse pits, a four-post structure and a small post-built structure of circular plan. Area 2 contained the superimposed foundation gullies of two Middle Iron Age roundhouses, adjacent to a probable third example. Area 3 contained a small number of Middle Iron Age pits, together with undated, post-built structures of probable Middle Iron Age date, including a roundhouse and four and six-post structures. Two large boundary ditches extended from the south-west corner of Area 3, and were interpreted as the funnelled entrance of a drove-way. These contained both domestic and industrial refuse of the late Iron Age date in their fills.

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