Distribution, Abundance and Conservation Status of Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus Tenuirostris in Tasmania, Australia
Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: SUMMARY SKIRA, I.J., BROTHERS, N.P. & PEMBERTON, D. 1996. Distribution, abundance and conservation status of Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris in Tasmania, Australia. Marine Ornithology 24: 1–14. The Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris is a circum-Pacific migratory petrel that breeds in 209 colonies in Tasmania covering 1813 ha containing an estimated 11.5 million burrows. The largest colony is Babel Island in Bass Strait with 2.86 million burrows. Overall, five colonies hold 52% of all burrows. Protection of breeding colonies is by a system of reserves in which 70% of colonies are reserved from the harvesting of chicks. The conservation of the shearwater is secure, but only because of its large population size.
Source: Marine ornithology
Authors: I. J. Skira, N. Brothers, D. Pemberton
Language: English
Topic: Avian ecology and behavior
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
Funder: Australian Government
OpenAlex ID: W2188607222