BREEDING OF CASSIN'S AUKLETS PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS AT ANACAPA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, AFTER ERADICATION OF BLACK RATS RATTUS RATTUS.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- WHITWORTH, DARRELL L.; LAURIE HARVEY, A.; CARTER, HARRY R.; YOUNG, RICHARD J.; KOEPKE, JOSH S.; MAZURKIEWICZ, DAVID M.
- Source
- Marine Ornithology. Apr2015, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p19-24. 6p.
- Subject
- *CASSIN'S auklet
*SEA bird populations
*RATTUS rattus
*PEST control
*BIRD nests
*COLONIAL birds
- Language
- ISSN
- 1018-3337
The article discusses a study which examines the population recovery of Cassin's auklet after the eradication of Black rats from Anacapa Island, California in November 2002. Findings show the detection of auklet nesting in six shoreline areas on the West and East Anacapa islets in 2012 and the discovery of 42 auklet nests from 2003 to 2012. It concludes the need of further nest monitoring to determine colony growth following the eradication.