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Localised decline in colonies of the short-tailed shearwater: an explanation
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posted on 2023-11-02, 05:38 authored by FI NormanHistorical declines in local populations of the short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris in the Furneaux Group are reviewed; particular attention is paid to information collected on Big Green Island, off Whitemark, Flinders Island. Disease, predators, and introduced stock are dismissed as causative agents in reported declines of colonies, as is changing vegetation. It is proposed that over-harvesting, initially of all stages and later of young, provides an explanation of such reductions, one which is demonstrated using a simple, deterministic model.
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Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of TasmaniaVolume
119Pagination
103-107ISSN
0080-4703Rights statement
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