Evaluation of existing predator control programs for the benefit of the white-flippered penguin (Eudyptula minor albosignata), on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Evaluation of existing predator control programs for the benefit of the white-flippered penguin (Eudyptula minor albosignata), on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand

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In the early 1900's white-flippered penguins (Eudyptula minor albosignata) could be found breeding in many of the Banks Peninsula bays, but since 1980 population numbers have been declining drastically due to predation by introduced mammalian predators. Landowners in two bays (Flea Bay and Stony Bay) on Banks Peninsula have initiated their own independent predator control to protect the white-flippered penguins living in the bays. Flea Bay has a large colony (717 breeding pairs) and Stony Bay...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2002

Creator

Williamson, Pauline

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/2486

Related subjects

predation / gut analysis / ink-tracking tunnels / penguin mortality / predator control / trap placement / catch index / white-flippered penguin / Eudyptula minor albosignata / Banks Peninsula

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