Variation in abundance and harvest of sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) by Rakiura Maori on Putauhinu Island, New Zealand

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Variation in abundance and harvest of sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) by Rakiura Maori on Putauhinu Island, New Zealand

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Sooty shearwater (Puffinus griesus, titi) abundance, harvest levels and chick mass were monitored repeatedly on Putauhinu Island, south‐west of Rakiura (Stewart Island) between 1997 and 2005. Putauhinu is the second largest of the Titi Islands and has a relatively high density of chicks distributed over most of the island, so it supports what is likely the second‐largest population of sooty shearwaters in the Rakiura region (after Taukihepa, Big South Cape Island). Rakiura Maori harvested chi...

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Date created

2009

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Bragg, Corey / McKechnie, Sam / Newman, Jamie / Fletcher, David / Moller, Henrik / Scott, Darren

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5346

Related subjects

harvest intensity / muttonbirding / sooty shearwater / sustainability

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