Marine ecosystem assessment for the Southern Ocean: birds and marine mammals in a changing climate

S Bestley, Y Ropert-Coudert… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

Future directions in conservation research on petrels and shearwaters

A Rodriguez, JM Arcos, V Bretagnolle… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Shearwaters and petrels (hereafter petrels) are highly adapted seabirds that occur across all
the world's oceans. Petrels are a threatened seabird group comprising 124 species. They …

Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains

HP Jones, ND Holmes, SHM Butchart… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
More than US $21 billion is spent annually on biodiversity conservation. Despite their
importance for preventing or slowing extinctions and preserving biodiversity, conservation …

Impacts of invasive alien species on nature, nature's contributions to people, and good quality of life

S Bacher, B Galil, M Nunez, M Ansong… - IPBES Invasive Alien …, 2023 - folia.unifr.ch
“The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has a far wider range: it now occurs in these latitudes
on both sides of the Cordillera, across the continent. I saw it in unfrequented spots in Chile …

Seabird recovery and vegetation dynamics after Norway rat eradication at Tromelin Island, western Indian Ocean

M Le Corre, DK Danckwerts, D Ringler, M Bastien… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Seabirds are notoriously sensitive to introduced mammalian predators and eradication
programs have benefitted seabird populations and their habitats on numerous islands …

Soil phosphorous is the primary factor determining species-specific plant growth depending on soil acidity in island ecosystems with severe erosion

K Hata, S Hiradate, N Kachi - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Disturbances caused by invasive ungulates alter soil environments markedly and can
prevent ecosystem recovery even after eradication of the ungulates. On oceanic islands …

Foraging in a dynamic environment: Response of four sympatric sub‐Antarctic albatross species to interannual environmental variability

T Carpenter‐Kling, RR Reisinger, F Orgeret… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal and annual climate variations are linked to fluctuations in the abundance and
distribution of resources, posing a significant challenge to animals that need to adjust their …

Preventing the development of dogmatic approaches in conservation biology: a review

A Martínez-Abraín, D Oro - Biological Conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
The application of management practices based on dogmas may lead to unexpected results,
and hence to the bad allocation of economic resources. This is an especially relevant …

Introduced species and extreme weather as key drivers of reproductive output in three sympatric albatrosses

JB Cleeland, D Pardo, B Raymond, A Terauds… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Invasive species present a major conservation threat globally and nowhere are their affects
more pronounced than in island ecosystems. Determining how native island populations …

[PDF][PDF] Breeding population decline and associations with nest site use of Leach's Storm-Petrels on Kent Island, New Brunswick from 2001 to 2018.

KJN d'Entremont, LM Zitske, AJ Gladwell… - Avian Conservation & …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Leach's Storm-Petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) are burrow-nesting seabirds that breed on
coastal islands throughout much of the North Atlantic, with most of the world's population …