Black rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping allows recovery of breeding roseate tern Sterna dougallii and common tern S.hirundo populations on Feno Islet, the Azores, Portugal

Mass trapping successfully achieved elimination of black rat Rattus rattus on Feno islet (1.6 ha), Terceira island (Azores archipelago), thus enabling roseate terns Sterna dougallii and common terns Sterna hirundo to recolonize the islet. Rats were first detected on Feno in 2003, when tern breeding-...

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Main Author: Amaral, João J. S. (author)
Other Authors: Almeida, Sérgio (author), Sequeira, Maria (author), Neves, Verónica C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Habitat Management
Rat Erradication
Tern Conservation
Sterna dougallii
Sterna hirundo
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4499
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.uac.pt:10400.3/4499

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4499

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