Localisation
ACIS
Éditeur
Elsevier
Année de publication:
1992
Lieu de publication
Republic of South Africa
Description physique:
[8 p.] ; 29 cm
Numéro d'appel
VF 2753
Pays concernés
Worldwide
Langue
English
Identifiant de dossier:
821
Ancien numéro d'identification PEIN:
50634
Notes générales
Invasive Species Verterbrates Review Literature|Photocopy kept at Greg's collection
ISSN:
0006-3207
Disponible en ligne
Résumé
Since their introduction in 1949, feral cats have caused extensive damage to seabird populations on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Indian Ocean. This paper reports on the first four years of an eradication programme launced in 1986. Eight hundred and seventy-two cats were shot dead and 80 trapped during 14 725 hours of hunting. Cats sighted per hour of night hunting and kills per hour decreased dramatically. Hunting success (cats killed as a proportion of those seen) decreased. The only reliable indication of the decrease in density as a result of hunting was the decrease in the number of cats seen per hour of night hunting. By the end of the third season it was apparent that hunting alone was no longer removing sufficient animals to maintain the population decline, and trapping was incorporated into the eradication programme.
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Programme(s):
Localisation
ACIS
Éditeur
Elsevier
Année de publication:
1992
Lieu de publication
Republic of South Africa
Description physique:
[8 p.] ; 29 cm
Numéro d'appel
VF 2753
Pays concernés
Worldwide
Langue
English
Identifiant de dossier:
821
Ancien numéro d'identification PEIN:
50634
Notes générales
Invasive Species Verterbrates Review Literature|Photocopy kept at Greg's collection
Dossier créé: 01-Mar-2000
Dossier modifié: 18-Mar-2022