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

• Published in: Bird Conservation International
• Main Authors: Burns, F., McCulloch, N., Székely, T., Bolton, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/46c54d73-4374-4401-952d-d5c23c26b77d; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270913000245; https://purehost.bath.ac.uk/ws/files/11554438/Burns_McCulloch_Sz_kely_Bolton_2013_BCI.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878268242&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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 are speci...