Australian wood duck, sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) and black-fronted dotterel contributed to the variation within the October 2015 sampling sites, while the grey teal, Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) and whistling kite contributed to the grouping of the March 2016 sampling sites. In (Haliastur sphenurus) the Warrego channel, the grey teal, whistling kite, Australian wood duck, Australian pelican and Pacific black duck contributed to the variation, while the black-fronted dotterel and sacred kingfisher were the only species recorded in the Western Floodplain site. Figure : nMDS plot of waterbird abundance data grouped by sampling time and zone. Table : SIMPER results of species contributions to groupings in community composition data. Contributions of species for the floodplain sites could not be calculated due to only one site containing data. All species present at this site are listed. Grouping Species Contribution to grouping (%) black-fronted dotterel 35.35 October 2015 sacred kingfisher 30.06 Australian wood duck 14.6 grey teal 26.58 Pacific black duck 16.67 March 2016 Australian pelican 16.11 white-faced heron 12.9 whistling kite 12.23 grey teal 19.14 black-fronted dotterel 15.66 River Australian wood duck 15.53 Australian pelican 13.57 Pacific black duck 12.25 black-fronted dotterel - Floodplain sacred kingfisher - Waterbird breeding and functional guilds Waterbird breeding was only observed in two species in the 2015-16 monitoring period; the black-fronted dotterel (Australian-breeding charadriiform shorebird) at Boera Dam in October 2015 and sacred kingfisher (piscivore) at Booka Dam in March 2016. Nine of the ten functional guilds were represented in the Selected Area in the 2015-16 monitoring period with reed-inhabiting passerines absent in both monitoring periods. Eight guilds were represented in October 2015 and seven guilds were represented in March 2016 (Figure N9). Dabbling and filter-feeding ducks, which includes grey teal, the most abundant waterbird species observed in the 2015-16 monitoring
Australian wood duck, sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) and black-fronted dotterel contributed to the variation within the October 2015 sampling sites, while the grey teal, Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) and whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus) contributed to the grouping of the March 2016 sampling sites. In the Warrego channel, the grey teal, whistling kite, Australian wood duck, Australian pelican and Pacific black duck contributed to the variation, while the black-fronted dotterel and sacred kingfisher were the only species recorded in the Western Floodplain site. Figure : nMDS plot of waterbird abundance data grouped by sampling time and zone. Table : SIMPER results of species contributions to groupings in community composition data. Contributions of species for the floodplain sites could not be calculated due to only one site containing data. All species present at this site are listed. Grouping Species Contribution to grouping (%) October 2015 black-fronted dotterel 35.35 sacred kingfisher 30.06 Australian wood duck 14.6 March 2016 grey teal 26.58 Pacific black duck 16.67 Australian pelican 16.11 white-faced heron 12.9 whistling kite 12.23 River grey teal 19.14 black-fronted dotterel 15.66 Australian wood duck 15.53 Australian pelican 13.57 Pacific black duck 12.25 Floodplain black-fronted dotterel - sacred kingfisher - Waterbird breeding and functional guilds Waterbird breeding was only observed in two species in the 2015-16 monitoring period; the black-fronted dotterel (Australian-breeding charadriiform shorebird) at Boera Dam in October 2015 and sacred kingfisher (piscivore) at Booka Dam in March 2016. Nine of the ten functional guilds were represented in the Selected Area in the 2015-16 monitoring period with reed-inhabiting passerines absent in both monitoring periods. Eight guilds were represented in October 2015 and seven guilds were represented in March 2016 (Figure N9). Dabbling and filter-feeding ducks, which includes grey teal, the most abundant waterbird species observed in the 2015-16 monitoring
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