Contrasting Population Trends at Two Razorbill Colonies in Atlantic Canada: Additive Effects of Fox Predation and Hunting Mortality?

• Published in: Avian Conservation and Ecology
• Main Authors: Jennifer L. Lavers, Ian L. Jones, Gregory J. Robertson, Antony W. Diamond
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Resilience Alliance 2009
• Subjects: Alca torda; anthropogenic mortality; fox predation; hunting; population dynamics; Razorbill; Plant culture; SB1-1110; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Plant ecology; QK900-989; Canada; Gannet Islands; Alopex lagopus; Seal Island; uria
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-00322-040203; https://doaj.org/article/1ba928d0bc8b4e74978722491a85b1e5

We developed a stochastic, stage-based, matrix-projection population model to assess population viability and estimate the impact of mortality caused by hunting, illegal and incidental to the murre (Uria sp.) hunt, and fox (Alopex lagopus) predation on Razorbill (Alca torda) populations breeding on...