Recovery of a sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) breeding area after habitat destruction

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Recovery of a sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) breeding area after habitat destruction

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We describe the recovery of an 88-m² area of sooty shearwater breeding habitat on Northeast Island, The Snares, New Zealand, during the eight breeding seasons after it was completely destroyed by excavation in December 1996. Burrow entrance density did not differ between the destroyed site and three comparison sites one year after the event. We detected breeding attempts of shearwaters in the season following disturbance, but burrow occupant density recovered more slowly, perhaps because the ...

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Research paper

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Article

Date created

2008

Creator

McKechnie, Sam / Moller, Henrik / Bragg, Corey / Newman, Jamie / Scott, Darren / Cruz, Justine

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5359

Related subjects

disturbance / excavation / population recovery / New Zealand

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