Reproductive Consequences of Nest Site Use in Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska: Potential Lasting Effects of an Introduced Predator

Reproductive Consequences of Nest Site Use in Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska: Potential Lasting Effects of an Introduced Predator

We examined the reproductive consequences of differential nest site use in Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma furcata) in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, where birds on islands where foxes were introduced nest in rocky substrate rather than in typical soil habitat. We investigated how physical and...

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Main Authors: Brie A. Drummond, Marty L. Leonard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2010-12-01
Series:Avian Conservation and Ecology
Subjects:
Aleutian Islands
breeding success
chick survival
habitat
introduced predator
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nest site characteristics
nest temperature
reproductive success
storm-petrel
Online Access:http://www.ace-eco.org/vol5/iss2/art4/

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