Spatio-temporal changes in density and distribution of burrow-nesting seabird colonies after rat eradication / by Rachel Buxton [and others]

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Spatio-temporal changes in density and distribution of burrow-nesting seabird colonies after rat eradication / by Rachel Buxton [and others]

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Index New Zealand

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Compares the density and spatial distribution of petrel burrows on eight islands that varied in the presence, absence, or times since eradication of Pacific rats (kiore, Rattus exulans). Hypothesises that when rats are present or were recently removed, birds will recruit into remnant colonies, making burrows clustered in distribution, burrow area limited, and burrow density low. Counts burrow entrances along transects, measures burrow density and a suite of habitat variables in plots, and r...

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Journal

Date created

2016

Creator

Buxton, Rachel, (Department of Zoology, University of Otago)(and others)

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/36568420

Related subjects

Petrels / Sea birds -- Nests / Sea birds -- Ecology / Wildlife recovery / Rats -- Control / Polynesian rat / Predation (Biology) / Observations

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