L. Upfold & P.G. Ryan: Trends in numbers breeding and breeding success of southern giant petrels Macronectes giganteus at Marion Island R.J.M. Crawford, A.B. Makhado, B.M. Dyer, L. Upfold & P.G. Ryan: Divergent trends of Phoebetria albatrosses at the...
south; Birds Island summers; Hooked and tangled; and Drawn south again. A Wandering Albatross feeds its large chick on Marion Island Photograph by Genevieve Jones The book launch is to be followed by an exhibition in support of BirdLife International's...
Sub-Antarctic Marion Island in the southern Indian Ocean belongs to South Africa. It has been the site of ornithological research on seabirds, including ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels, for over half a century. The following text is taken from the...
is not listed, along with the successful eradication of its domestic pigs and goats. Lastly, I looked for South Africa's Marion Island and found information on the eradication of feral cats (Marion is still the World's largest island at 290 km² from...
The ornithological field assistants currently on South Africa's Marion Island , one of the Prince Edward Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, have been busy this summer. Field workers have been undertaking island-wide counts of ACAP-listed albatrosses...
as suggested for some albatross species, or female cuckoldry." Who's the daddy? Wandering Albatross and chick at Marion Island Photograph by John Cooper More reading: Sexual shenanigans in the sub-Antarctic: Wandering Albatrosses engage in extra-pair...
in Antarctica and science communications are also planned. An old male Wandering Albatross with its downy chick on Marion Island. Photograph by John Cooper Hobart is the home of the Albatross and Petrel Agreement's Secretariat, offering opportunity for...
studies conducted at some other islands (e.g. an average hatching success of only 43% (range 24-63%) over nine years at Marion Island in the southern Indian Ocean - click here ). A Southern Giant Petrel attempts to brood its large downy chick on Gough...
of healthy great albatross Diomedea spp. chicks, killing wandering albatrosses D. exulans at night on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Breeding success of this species has decreased markedly in the area where attacks occurred, suggesting that giant petrel...
Agenda Item 5, 6.4. S Schoombie, RJM Crawford, AB Makhado, BM Dyer and PG Ryan.
Agenda Item 6.1 . G.R. Preston et al.
