The effects of fire on burrow-nesting seabirds particularly short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) and their habitat in Tasmania

• Published in: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
• Main Authors: Brothers, N, Harris, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Royal Society of Tasmania; RST; Van Diemens Land; natural history; science; ecology; taxonomy; botany; zoology; geology; geography; papers & proceedings; Australia; UTAS Library; Albatross Island; Puffinus tenuirostris
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13606/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13606/6/1999_Brothers_The_Effects_rst.pdf; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13606/2/1999_Volume_133_Part_1_Errata_page_2_and_photograph_page_17.pdf

The synchronised breeding habit of many seabird species makes them particularly vulnerable to fires in the nesting area. Post-fire recolonisation and soil formation were studied on Albatross Island, and observations from island rookeries of shearwaters, fairy prions and fairy penguins in eastern Bas...