Short-term response of a declining woodland bird assemblage to the removal of a despotic competitor.

Interspecific aggression by the noisy miner (), a highly despotic species, is homogenizing woodland avifaunas across eastern Australia. Although a native species, the noisy miner's aggressive exclusion of small birds is a Key Threatening Process under national law. Large-scale removal of noisy miners has been proposed as a management response to this threat following increases in miner presence due to anthropogenic land use practices.