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Climatic Effects on Grey-Faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) Chick Growth and Survival

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Climatic Effects on Grey-Faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) Chick Growth and Survival
المؤلفون: James C. Russell, Jemma R. Welch, Karen Bourgeois, Sylvain Dromzée, Rob Dunn, Megan R. Friesen, Matt J. Rayner
المصدر: Birds, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 138-148 (2022)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Ecology
LCC:Animal culture
مصطلحات موضوعية: climate, growth, petrel, reproduction, seabird, southern oscillation, Ecology, QH540-549.5, Animal culture, SF1-1100
الوصف: Grey-faced Petrels (Pterodroma gouldi) are a colonial burrowing seabird predominantly nesting on offshore islands of the upper North Island of New Zealand. We studied their annual breeding biology and the impact of Southern Oscillation Index climatic effects by measuring colony productivity and chick growth rates from 2011 to 2015 on Te Hāwere-a-Maki as unfavorable warmer La Niña conditions changed to favorable cooler El Niño conditions. Across all five years, annual chick hatching consistently occurred within a one-week period at the end of August but fledging variably occurred over a three-week period following Christmas. Because ship rats are pest controlled on Te Hāwere-a-Maki, we found only a slight reduction in breeding success with nearby predator-free islands. However, chick growth and fledging rates were significantly higher under El Niño conditions occurring towards the end of our study, rather than La Niña conditions at the start of our study. Our regular handling of chicks for monitoring had no discernible impact compared to a set of control chicks. The combined impacts of annual variation in predation and climate mean the Grey-faced Petrel colony on Te Hāwere-a-Maki maintains a constant population size of around 100 burrows.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2673-6004
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6004/3/1/10; https://doaj.org/toc/2673-6004
DOI: 10.3390/birds3010010
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/8552da32b94c41f3bb10a9c33a03f267
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.8552da32b94c41f3bb10a9c33a03f267
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:26736004
DOI:10.3390/birds3010010