Effects of mouse predation on burrowing petrel chicks at Gough Island

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Dilley, Ben J., Davies, Delia, Bond, Alexander L., Ryan, Peter G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Gough; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102015000279; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102015000279

Abstract Since 2004 there has been mounting evidence of the severe impact of introduced house mice ( Mus musculus L.) killing chicks of burrow-nesting petrels at Gough Island. We monitored seven species of burrow-nesting petrels in 2014 using a combination of infra-red video cameras augmented by bur...