Plastic ingestion is an underestimated cause of death for southern hemisphere albatrosses

Abstract Albatrosses are among the world's most imperiled vertebrates, with 73% of species threatened with extinction. Ingestion of plastic is a well‐recognized threat among three North Pacific species, but lesser known in the southern hemisphere, where it is considered a minor threat. As plast...

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Main Authors: Lauren Roman, Richelle Grace Butcher, David Stewart, Stuart Hunter, Megan Jolly, Phil Kowalski, Britta Denise Hardesty, Baukje Lenting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-05-01
Series:Conservation Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12785