Predation on ground‐nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer Cervus elaphus and sheep Ovis
On Foula, Shetland, sheep were observed biting off the legs, wings or head of unfledged young Arctic terns. Large numbers of tern chicks and a few Arctic skua chicks were found with amputations characteristic of these attacks by sheep. On Rhum, Inner Hebrides, red deer were watched biting the heads...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02451.x 2024-06-02T08:01:22+00:00 Predation on ground‐nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer Cervus elaphus and sheep Ovis FURNESS, R. W. 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02451.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1988.tb02451.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02451.x https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02451.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Zoology volume 216, issue 3, page 565-573 ISSN 0952-8369 1469-7998 journal-article 1988 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02451.x 2024-05-03T11:50:39Z On Foula, Shetland, sheep were observed biting off the legs, wings or head of unfledged young Arctic terns. Large numbers of tern chicks and a few Arctic skua chicks were found with amputations characteristic of these attacks by sheep. On Rhum, Inner Hebrides, red deer were watched biting the heads off manx shearwater chicks and occasionally also chewing the shearwaters' legs and wings to excise bone. Killing of birds and the selective ingestion of bone‐rich parts by ruminants has not previously been widely documented. It is presumably a response to mineral deficiencies in the vegetation, and it may only occur in rare situations where ruminants feed on mineral‐deficient vegetation on which there are dense colonies of ground‐nesting birds. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic skua Wiley Online Library Arctic Journal of Zoology 216 3 565 573 |
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On Foula, Shetland, sheep were observed biting off the legs, wings or head of unfledged young Arctic terns. Large numbers of tern chicks and a few Arctic skua chicks were found with amputations characteristic of these attacks by sheep. On Rhum, Inner Hebrides, red deer were watched biting the heads off manx shearwater chicks and occasionally also chewing the shearwaters' legs and wings to excise bone. Killing of birds and the selective ingestion of bone‐rich parts by ruminants has not previously been widely documented. It is presumably a response to mineral deficiencies in the vegetation, and it may only occur in rare situations where ruminants feed on mineral‐deficient vegetation on which there are dense colonies of ground‐nesting birds. |
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FURNESS, R. W. Predation on ground‐nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer Cervus elaphus and sheep Ovis |
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Predation on ground‐nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer Cervus elaphus and sheep Ovis |
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Predation on ground‐nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer Cervus elaphus and sheep Ovis |
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Predation on ground‐nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer Cervus elaphus and sheep Ovis |
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Predation on ground‐nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer Cervus elaphus and sheep Ovis |
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Predation on ground‐nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer Cervus elaphus and sheep Ovis |
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predation on ground‐nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer cervus elaphus and sheep ovis |
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