Passive recovery of an island bird community after rodent eradication
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- 作者：Donald A. Croll ; Kelly M. Newton ; Matthew McKown ; Nick Holmes…
- 关键词：Conservation ; Hawadax Island ; Invasive species ; Relative abundance ; Seabird ; Shorebird
- 刊名：Biological Invasions
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：18
- 期：3
- 页码：703-715
- 全文大小：954 KB
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Kelly M. Newton (1)
Matthew McKown (1) (2)
Nick Holmes (3)
Jeffrey C. Williams (4)
Hillary S. Young (5)
Stacey Buckelew (6)
Coral A. Wolf (3)
Gregg Howald (3)
Milagra F. Bock (1)
Jennifer A. Curl (7)
Bernie R. Tershy (1)
1. Coastal Conservation Action Lab, University of California Santa Cruz, 100 Shaffer Rd., Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA
2. Conservation Metrics Inc., 100 Shaffer Rd., Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA
3. Island Conservation, 2161 Delaware Ave. Suite A, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA
4. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 95 Sterling Highway, Suite 1, Homer, AK, 99603, USA
5. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2116 Noble Hall, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
6. Kachemak Bay Research Reserve, 95 Sterling Highway, Suite 2, Homer, AK, 99603, USA
7. Wildlife Biology and Conservation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA - 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
- 刊物主题：Life Sciences
Plant Sciences
Ecology
Hydrobiology
Zoology
Forestry - 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1573-1464
文摘
The number and scale of island invasive species eradications is growing, but quantitative evidence of the conservation efficacy of passive recovery is limited. We compare relative abundances of breeding birds on Hawadax Island (formerly named Rat island), Aleutian Archipelago, Alaska, pre- and post- rat eradication to examine short-term (<1 year post-eradication) changes due to rodenticide application, and medium-term (5 years post-eradication) changes due to the absence of invasive rats. In the short term, Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) numbers decreased from 24 individuals pre-eradication to two individuals <1 year post-eradication, but recovered to 10 individuals (42 % of pre-eradication) 5 years post-eradication, with all individuals nesting (63 % of the pre-eradication nesting). Five years post-eradication relative abundances of most terrestrial birds surveyed using point counts either significantly increased [Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis), Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)] or did not differ [Pacific Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)]. Shorebirds also increased 5 years post-eradication with Black Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliates) increasing fivefold, and Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) nesting increasing from one to five nests. We confirmed two species of ground nesting seabirds [Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) and Leach’s Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucohoa)] as nesting (puffin) or engaged in courtship behavior (Storm-petrel) 5 years post-eradication. Our results indicate that despite the short-term impact on Bald Eagles, and without further human intervention, most terrestrial and marine birds have newly-colonized, re-colonized, or increased in abundance following the eradication of invasive rats. Keywords Conservation Hawadax Island Invasive species Relative abundance Seabird Shorebird