Population status, breeding success and ecology of the Henderson Petrel after a failed rat eradication on Henderson Island

• Published in: Emu - Austral Ornithology
• Main Authors: Oppel, S, Lavers, JL, Donaldson, AH, Forrest, AK, McClelland, GTW, Bond, AL, Brooke, M de L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: C S I R O Publishing 2017
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science and Management; Conservation and Biodiversity; Henderson Island; Pacific
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2017.1292610; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/117219

One of the most important breeding colonies for gadfly petrels in the sub-tropics, Henderson Island in the South Pacific Ocean, was subjected to a rat eradication attempt in 2011, but the eradication failed. Here we examine whether the current population status of the endemic Henderson Petrel Pterod...