indicating that incubated eggs are vulnerable to environmental variability.” An incubating Wandering Albatross on Marion Island, photograph by Linda Clokie With thanks to Richard Phillips. Reference: Boersch-Supan , P.H., Johnson , L.R., Phillips , R.A....
results of eradication attempts are still awaited. Plans are being made to rid the UK’s Gough Island and South Africa’s Marion Island of their introduced House Mice Mus musculus over the next three years. An ambitious plan to rid New Zealand’s Auckland...
and Distributions on a decade of at-sea tracing of marine predators, including seven ACAP-listed species, that breed on Marion Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The paper’s abstract follows: “ Aim The distribution of marine predators is driven by the...
introduced House Mice Mus musculus are causing to surface- and burrow-nesting seabirds on South Africa’s sub-Antarctic Marion Island, including to four species of ACAP-listed and globally threatened albatrosses ( click here ). A Light-mantled Sooty...
year-round movements of ten adult white-chinned petrels (seven breeders, three non-breeders/suspected pre-breeders) from Marion Island tracked with global location sensor (GLS) loggers for three years. Additionally, 20 global positioning system (GPS)...
chicks of one of these species, the grey-headed albatross ( Thalassarche chrysostoma ), were found dead at colonies on Marion Island (46°57′S 37°42′E), the larger of the two Prince Edward Islands. Affected chicks were weak, prostrated, apathetic, had...
help the South African Department of Environmental Affairs eradicate introduced House Mice Mus musculus from sub-Antarctic Marion Island in the southern Indian Ocean in the next few years – currently set for winter 2020. The mice have taken to attacking...
fund-raising scheme to support the initiative to get rid of the mice. Mouse attack! A scalped Wandering Albatross chick on Marion Island, photograph by Stefan Schoombie Read more here . Also watch a video . John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 31...
, is offering a candidate with a minimum of a BSc Honours an opportunity to spend a year on South Africa’s sub-Antarctic Marion Island collecting field data on seabirds for academic purposes. The post falls within the project ‘Small Procellariiformes as...
Antarctica. Campylobacter lari was found in a Southern Giant Petrel from Livingston Island and in two from sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Findings suggest “a reverse zoonosis in Antarctica, whereby zoonotic enteric bacteria have been introduced by humans...
Through the South African National Antarctic Programme ( SANAP ) the Marine Apex Predator Research Unit ( MAPRU ); Coastal and Marine Research Institute, Nelson Mandela University in collaboration with the FitzPatrick Institute of Ornithology ,...
data recovered from biologger-equipped female northern giant petrels Macronectes halli incubating eggs on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Our simulationssuggest that in the studied system, time is a strong driver of isotopic variance. Accordingly, this...
Prince Edward Island (and at least two adults) have been occasionally seen ashore away from albatross colonies on nearby Marion Island , where they do not breed ( click here ). The 2007 Tristan-Gough field guide lists the species only as a “possible...
or some penguin species. A banded juvenile Wandering Albatross D. exulans ( globally Vulnerable ) from South Africa’s Marion Island turned up soon after it had fledged near Perth, Western Australia in 2006. It was successfully rehabilitated and released...
island invasives conference held in 2017 in Dundee, Scotland on South Africa’s intention to rid its sub-Antarctic Marion Island of House Mice Mus musculus. The mice have turned to attacking seabirds, including ACAP-listed albatrosses ( click here )....
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A team of 50 authors from 40 institutions led by Nick Holmes ( Island Conservation , Santa Cruz, California, USA) has published open access in the online journal PLOS ONE on the results of analysing a data set of 1279 islands worldwide whose Endangered...
reported yesterday on progress with plans to eradicate introduced House Mice Mus musculus in 2021 on its sub-Antarctic Marion Island . The mice have taken to attacking albatrosses and petrels in the last few years. Summarized details of activities...
Rondebosch, South Africa) and colleagues have published in the journal Ardea on three species of burrowing petrels at Marion Island competing for burrows, including two ACAP-listed Procellaria petrels. The paper’s abstract follows: “Competition for nest...
The Action Network . Longline fishing hooks found beside globally Vulnerable Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans nests on Marion Island , photograph by John Cooper John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 27 June 2019
