A case study of sea and shorebird breeding recovery following goat and cat eradication on Klein Curaçao, southern Caribbean

Here, we document major seabird breeding recovery on a satellite island of Curaçao in the southern Caribbean following the removal of goats in 1997, significant reforestation from 2000–2005, and the extermination of cats in 2001. The only seabird to have been confirmed to breed on the island since the 1960s and until recently has been the Least Tern ( Sternula antillarum ). However, we now confirm nesting for an additional eight sea- and shorebird species on the island for the first time based on field observations in 2021 and 2022. The total number of documented nesting pairs annually has inc... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Adolphe O. Debrot
Rob M Wellens
Henriette E. de Vries
Michelle Da Costa Gomez
Cisca A. N. F. Rusch-de Lijster
Quinlan N.D. Cijntje
Erik Houtepen
Peter-Paul P. Schets
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Reihe/Periodikum: Journal of Field Ornithology, Vol 94, Iss 3, p 18 (2023)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Resilience Alliance
Schlagwörter: cat eradication / conservation restoration / human disturbance / rat predation / reintroduction / seabird colony / Zoology / QL1-991 / Animal culture / SF1-1100
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.5751/JFO-00347-940318