Conservation trade-offs: island introduction of a threatened predator suppresses invasive mesopredators but eliminates a seabird colony

• Published in: Biological Conservation
• Main Authors: Scoleri, V, Johnson, CN, Vertigan, P, Jones, ME
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Sci Ltd 2020
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology); Maria Island; Puffinus tenuirostris
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108635; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/142313

Offshore islands are ideal for establishing insurance populations of endangered species as they often lack threatening processes found on mainlands. However, introductions of endangered predators can have complex effects on island species. The Tasmanian devil ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) was introduced...