Introduced rodents are responsible for ecosystem changes in islands around the world. In the Galapagos archipelago, their effects on the native flora and fauna are adverse, including the extinction of endemic rodents in some islands and the reduction in the reproductive success of the Galapagos petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) in its nesting zones. Understanding the feeding behavior of introduced...

Studies on spatiotemporal pattern of population abundance predict that close populations should exhibit a high level of synchrony, reflected in a parallel time variation of at least one demographic parameter. We tested this prediction for two threatened species of Procellariiformes sharing similar life history traits: the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) and the Balearic Shearwater ...

Mercury (Hg) is a toxic metal that accumulates in organisms and biomagnifies along food webs; hence, long-lived predators such as seabirds are at risk result of high Hg bioaccumulation. Seabirds have been widely used to monitor the contamination marine ecosystems. In present study, we investigated concentrations blood, muscle, feathers 7 procellariform breeding on Chatham Islands, New Zealand. ...

Abstract Light-induced bird strikes on vessels occur frequently in association with areas of high seabird density, often resulting mortalities. These incidents are poorly understood and likely under-reported by vessels. Here we present the details four separate strike events (899, 206, 50 47 birds), which took place whilst (two fishing trawlers one tourist expedition ship) were navigating along...