Foggo and Meurk: Jacquemart Island, Campbell Island Group
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This paper describes the first visit to Jacquemart Island in the south of the subantarctic Campbell Island group. The island contrasts with the main island by the absence of introduced grazing mammals, rats (Rattus spp.) and feral cats (Felis catus), and in the dominance of palatable plant species. A survey of the main vegetation communities was made and bird species seen were recorded. Specimens of an endemic weta (Notoplectron campbellensis) were collected.
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