An evaluation of canes as management technique to reduce predation by gulls on ground nesting seabirds
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Schroeder, Julia
Redfern, Chris
Boothbu, Clair
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The best documented method to decrease predation of breeding seabirds by gulls are culling regimes; however, studies on the effectiveness of this method show ambiguous results. Here we tested an alternative method, using bamboo canes erected in four breeding sites of Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea as a gull‐deterrent. Although we found fewer predation attempts in the caned areas than in the control areas, canes did not reduce the probability of predation success per attempt. This pilot study documents that the use of canes as a conservation strategy to reduce gull predation is promising, economic and simple, and is thus probably a versatile tool for conservation managers.
Date Issued
2019-04-01
Date Acceptance
2018-12-18
Citation
Ibis, 2019, 161 (2), pp.453-458
ISSN
0019-1019
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
453
End Page
458
Journal / Book Title
Ibis
Volume
161
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2018 British Ornithologists’ Union. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ibi.12702.
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Ornithology
Zoology
conservation
deterrent
predator-prey dynamics
Sterna paradisaea
wildlife management
LINEAR MIXED MODELS
BREEDING SUCCESS
CONSERVATION
POPULATION
EFFICACY
DENSITY
ECOLOGY
TERNS
0608 Zoology
0602 Ecology
Ornithology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-12-28