Bird functional diversity decreases with time since disturbance: does patchy prescribed fire enhance ecosystem function? Ecological Applications. Sitters, H., Di Stefano, J., Christie, F., Swan, M. & York, A. May 2015 CONTENTS 1. ReadMe.txt This file. 2. Input_Table-2.txt Input file underlying results shown in Table 2 of the manuscript, which shows responses of avian species richness and functional diversity to time since fire, plant species diversity and structural heterogeneity in different vegetation types derived from generalized additive mixed models. Variables names are as follows: site survey site number mosaic mosaic number PD plant diversity (geometric mean of plant species) SH structural heterogeneity (Bray-Curtis dissimilarity) VT vegetation type TSF time since fire SR species richness FRic functional richness FEve functional evenness FDiv functional divergence FDis functional dispersion 3. Input_Figure-1_Appendix-C.txt Predictions and 95% confidence intervals plotted in Figure 1 (responses of avian species richness and functional diversity to time since fire, plant diversity and structural heterogeneity), and Appendix C (responses of plant diversity and structural heterogeneity to time since fire). Variable names are as follows: site survey site number mosaic mosaic number year survey year S.raw structural heterogeneity (Bray-Curtis dissimilarity) P.raw plat diversity (geometric mean of plant species) vt vegetation type TSF.raw time since fire SR species richness FRic functional richness FEve functional evenness FDiv functional divergence FDis functional dispersion sr.p.h predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in heathland sr.p.d predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in dry forest sr.p.f predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in foothills forest sr.p.w predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in wet forest sr.p.hmi predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in heathland (lower confidence limit) sr.p.hma predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in heathland (upper confidence limit) sr.p.dmi predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in dry forest (lower confidence limit) sr.p.dma predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in dry forest (upper confidence limit) sr.p.fmi predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in foothills forest (lower confidence limit) sr.p.fma predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in foothills forest (upper confidence limit) sr.p.wmi predicted responses of species richness to plant diversity in wet forest (lower confidence limit) sr.p.wma predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in wet forest (upper confidence limit) sr.t.h predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in heathland sr.t.d predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in dry forest sr.t.f predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in foothills forest sr.t.w predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in wet forest sr.t.hmi predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in heathland (lower confidence limit) sr.t.hma predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in heathland (upper confidence limit) sr.t.dmi predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in dry forest (lower confidence limit) sr.t.dma predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in dry forest (upper confidence limit) sr.t.fmi predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in foothills forest (lower confidence limit) sr.t.fma predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in foothills forest (upper confidence limit) sr.t.wmi predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in wet forest (lower confidence limit) sr.t.wma predicted responses of species richness to time since fire in wet forest (upper confidence limit) ric.t.h predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in heathland ric.t.d predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in dry forest ric.t.f predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in foothills forest ric.t.w predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in wet forest ric.t.hmi predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in heathland (lower confidence limit) ric.t.hma predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in heathland (upper confidence limit) ric.t.dmi predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in dry forest (lower confidence limit) ric.t.dma predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in dry forest (upper confidence limit) ric.t.fmi predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in foothills forest (lower confidence limit) ric.t.fma predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in foothills forest (upper confidence limit) ric.t.wmi predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in wet forest (lower confidence limit) ric.t.wma predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in wet forest (upper confidence limit) eve.s.h predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in heathland eve.s.d predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in dry forest eve.s.f predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in foothills forest eve.s.w predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in wet forest eve.s.hmi predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in heathland (lower confidence limit) eve.s.hma predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in heathland (upper confidence limit) eve.s.dmi predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in dry forest (lower confidence limit) eve.s.dma predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in dry forest (upper confidence limit) eve.s.fmi predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in foothills forest (lower confidence limit) eve.s.fma predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in foothills forest (upper confidence limit) eve.s.wmi predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in wet forest (lower confidence limit) eve.s.wma predicted responses of functional evenness to structural heterogeneity in wet forest (upper confidence limit) div.p.h predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in heathland div.p.d predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in dry forest div.p.f predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in foothills forest div.p.w predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in wet forest div.p.hmi predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in heathland (lower confidence limit) div.p.hma predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in heathland (upper confidence limit) div.p.dmi predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in dry forest (lower confidence limit) div.p.dma predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in dry forest (upper confidence limit) div.p.fmi predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in foothills forest (lower confidence limit) div.p.fma predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in foothills forest (upper confidence limit) div.p.wmi predicted responses of functional divergence to plant diversity in wet forest (lower confidence limit) div.p.wma predicted responses of functional divergence to time since fire in wet forest (upper confidence limit) dis.t.h predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in heathland dis.t.d predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in dry forest dis.t.f predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in foothills forest dis.t.w predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in wet forest dis.t.hmi predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in heathland (lower confidence limit) dis.t.hma predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in heathland (upper confidence limit) dis.t.dmi predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in dry forest (lower confidence limit) dis.t.dma predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in dry forest (upper confidence limit) dis.t.fmi predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in foothills forest (lower confidence limit) dis.t.fma predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in foothills forest (upper confidence limit) dis.t.wmi predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in wet forest (lower confidence limit) dis.t.wma predicted responses of functional richness to time since fire in wet forest (upper confidence limit) tsf.g grid of evenly spaced time since fire values against which to plot predicted values P.g grid of evenly spaced plant diversity values against which to plot predicted values S.g grid of evenly spaced structural heterogeneity values against which to plot predicted values pd.h predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in heathland # replaced with pd.h.H [see below] pd.d predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in dry forest # replaced with pd.d.D [see below] pd.f predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in foothills forest pd.w predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in wet forest pd.hmi predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in heathland (lower confidence limit) # replaced with pd.hmi.H [see below] pd.hma predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in heathland (upper confidence limit) # replaced with pd.hma.H [see below] pd.dmi predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in dry forest (lower confidence limit) # replaced with pd.dmi.D [see below] pd.dma predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in dry forest (upper confidence limit) # replaced with pd.dma.D [see below] pd.fmi predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in foothills forest (lower confidence limit) pd.fma predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in foothills forest (upper confidence limit) pd.wmi predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in wet forest (lower confidence limit) pd.wma predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in wet forest (upper confidence limit) sh.h predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in heathland # replaced with sh.h.H [see below] sh.d predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in dry forest # replaced with sh.d.D [see below] sh.f predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in foothills forest sh.w predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in wet forest sh.hmi predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in heathland (lower confidence limit) # replaced with sh.hmi.H [see below] sh.hma predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in heathland (upper confidence limit) # replaced with sh.hma.H [see below] sh.dmi predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in dry forest (lower confidence limit) # replaced with pd.dmi.D [see below] sh.dma predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in dry forest (upper confidence limit) # replaced with pd.dma.D [see below] sh.fmi predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in foothills forest (lower confidence limit) sh.fma predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in foothills forest (upper confidence limit) sh.wmi predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in wet forest (lower confidence limit) sh.wma predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in wet forest (upper confidence limit) tsf.g.H grid of evenly spaced time since fire values against which to plot predicted values in heathland pd.h.H predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in heathland pd.hmi.H predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in heathland (lower confidence limit) pd.hma.H predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in heathland (upper confidence limit) sh.h.H predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in heathland sh.hmi.H predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in heathland (lower confidence limit) sh.hma.H predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in heathland (upper confidence limit) tsf.g.D grid of evenly spaced time since fire values against which to plot predicted values in dry forest pd.d.D predicted responses of plant diversity to time since fire in dry forest pd.dmi.D predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in dry forest (lower confidence limit) pd.dma.D predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in dry forest (upper confidence limit) sh.d.D grid of evenly spaced structural heterogeneity values against which to plot predicted values in dry forest sh.dmi.D predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in dry forest (lower confidence limit) sh.dma.D predicted responses of structural heterogeneity to time since fire in dry forest (upper confidence limit) P.g.H grid of evenly spaced plant diversity values against which to plot predicted values in heathland 4. Input_Figure-2.txt Data underlying regression tree predicting species proportion of occurrence in young vegetation shown in Figure 2. Variable names are: species bird species py proportion of species occurrence in young vegetation type food type (categories are displayed in Table 1 of the manuscript) loc foraging location (categories are listed in Table 1) habit foraging habit (categories are listed in Table 1) clutcho clutch size (ordinal variable; see Table 1) nest nest form (categories are listed in Table 1) mass.ln mass (natural log) Bird species codes are as follows: Code Common name Scientific name AKPA Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis AUMA Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen AURA Australian Raven Corvus coronoides BATH Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata BFCS Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina novaehollandiae BFTH Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides BHHE Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris BRTH Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla BWPA Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma CRHE Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus CRHW Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia CRRO Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans EASP Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris EYRO Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis FLRO Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea FTCU Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis GGCO Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum GOWH Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis GRCU Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor GRFT Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa GRST Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica HBCU Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis LAKO Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae NHHE New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae OLBO Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus PACU Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus PICU Pied Currawong Strepera graculina REWB Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata RORO Rose Robin Petroica rosea RUFT Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons RUWH Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris SABO Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus SAKI Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus SBCU Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus SCCO Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita SCRO Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang SILV Silvereye Zosterops lateralis SOEW Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus SPPA Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus STFW Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus STPA Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus STTH Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata SUFW Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus VASI Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera WBSC White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis WEHE White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis WNHE White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus WTTC White-throated Treecreeper Corombates leucophaea YFHE Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops YTBC Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus 5. Input for Appendix D (frequency of communities for which observed functional richness was significantly (P <= 0.05) lower or higher than null expectations derived from 1000 simulations). Variable names are as follows: vt Vegetation type gs Growth stage tsf Time since fire