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: 2015
• Subjects: Gough; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/36c85b14-cc96-4df2-9034-88a624141433; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102015000279

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 burrowscope n...