Kangaroo Island data from 2023 to 2024 investigates Glossy Black Cockatoo foraging behavior after the 2019–20 Black Summer fires. The study compares foraging intensity and food profitability on drooping Sheoak trees between burnt and unburnt regions. It was published by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery platform.
Use Cases
- Modeling foraging selectivity based on fire impact status mentioned in the description
- Comparing food profitability of cones between burnt and unburnt areas as described
- Assessing habitat recovery by analyzing changes in foraging intensity over time
- Studying the relationship between food supply reduction and foraging rates as outlined
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific post-fire ecological event on Kangaroo Island
- Explicitly compares burnt and unburnt regions for controlled analysis
- Data is available in multiple formats including XLSX, CSV, and HTML
Limitations
- Row count and dataset scale are unknown
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
- Collection Method
- Field study investigating foraging intensity and food profitability on drooping Sheoak trees.
- Time Range
- 2023 – 2024
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-13 12:57:47.929130
- Geography
- Kangaroo Island, Australia