A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii ) eggs
European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are responsible for high rates of egg predation at one of the main colonies of the endangered roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) in the Azores archipelago. Control taste aversion has been effective in controlling raven predation in a colony of California least tern...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:4245 2023-05-15T18:27:24+02:00 A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii ) eggs Neves, V.C. Panagiotakopoulos, S. Furness, R.W. 2006-12 https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/4245/ https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-006-0044-4 unknown Neves, V.C., Panagiotakopoulos, S. and Furness, R.W. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/11403.html> (2006) A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) eggs. European Journal of Wildlife Research <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/European_Journal_of_Wildlife_Research.html>, 52(4), pp. 259-264. (doi:10.1007/s10344-006-0044-4 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-006-0044-4>) QL Zoology GE Environmental Sciences Articles PeerReviewed 2006 ftuglasgow https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-006-0044-4 2022-09-22T22:09:03Z European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are responsible for high rates of egg predation at one of the main colonies of the endangered roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) in the Azores archipelago. Control taste aversion has been effective in controlling raven predation in a colony of California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni), but there is little quantitative information about its efficacy on other species of predators taking eggs. We conducted a control taste aversion experiment on yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) and European starlings eating eggs of terns in a mixed colony of common (Sterna hirundo) and roseate terns in the Azores. We treated quail (Coturnix coturnix) eggs with methiocarb and deployed them in artificial nests in the tern colony. On the first experiment, conducted before the terns laid eggs, predation rates on quail eggs by yellow-legged gulls showed significant and rapid decrease after deployment of treated eggs. During the second experiment, after the terns had started laying, results were mixed. Although predation rates by European starlings on treated quail eggs decreased, predation rates on tern eggs did not. We conclude that control taste aversion using methiocarb-treated eggs is likely to reduce depredation by gulls but not starlings because of the need to pre-train the birds and the tendency of starlings to be attracted by the movement of adults, not the presence of nests. 2006 Springer-Verlag Article in Journal/Newspaper Sterna hirundo University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications European Journal of Wildlife Research 52 4 259 264 |
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European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are responsible for high rates of egg predation at one of the main colonies of the endangered roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) in the Azores archipelago. Control taste aversion has been effective in controlling raven predation in a colony of California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni), but there is little quantitative information about its efficacy on other species of predators taking eggs. We conducted a control taste aversion experiment on yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) and European starlings eating eggs of terns in a mixed colony of common (Sterna hirundo) and roseate terns in the Azores. We treated quail (Coturnix coturnix) eggs with methiocarb and deployed them in artificial nests in the tern colony. On the first experiment, conducted before the terns laid eggs, predation rates on quail eggs by yellow-legged gulls showed significant and rapid decrease after deployment of treated eggs. During the second experiment, after the terns had started laying, results were mixed. Although predation rates by European starlings on treated quail eggs decreased, predation rates on tern eggs did not. We conclude that control taste aversion using methiocarb-treated eggs is likely to reduce depredation by gulls but not starlings because of the need to pre-train the birds and the tendency of starlings to be attracted by the movement of adults, not the presence of nests. 2006 Springer-Verlag |
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A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii ) eggs |
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A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii ) eggs |
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A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii ) eggs |
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A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii ) eggs |
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A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii ) eggs |
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control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern ( sterna dougallii ) eggs |
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Neves, V.C., Panagiotakopoulos, S. and Furness, R.W. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/11403.html> (2006) A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) eggs. European Journal of Wildlife Research <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/European_Journal_of_Wildlife_Research.html>, 52(4), pp. 259-264. (doi:10.1007/s10344-006-0044-4 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-006-0044-4>) |
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