The impact of introduced predators on an island endemic, the St Helena Plover, Charadrius sanctaehelenae

• Published in: Bird Conservation International
• Main Authors: BURNS, FIONA, MCCULLOCH, NEIL, SZÉKELY, TAMÁS, BOLTON, MARK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology; St. Helena; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270913000245; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0959270913000245

Summary We investigated the impact of introduced predators on the productivity of the St Helena Plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae , a shorebird endemic to the South Atlantic island of St Helena. The nest predator species identified have all been introduced to St Helena in the last 510 years, and all...