Study

Predator control to enhance breeding success of the New Zealand fairy tern Sterna nereis davisae, North Island, New Zealand

  • Published source details Wilson T. & Hansen K. (2005) Predator control to enhance breeding success of the New Zealand fairy tern Sterna nereis davisae, North Island, New Zealand. Conservation Evidence, 2, 89-89.

Actions

This study is summarised as evidence for the following.

Action Category

Control predators not on islands for seabirds

Action Link
Bird Conservation
  1. Control predators not on islands for seabirds

    A before-and-after study at three sites in northern North Island, New Zealand (Wilson & Hansen), found that the population of New Zealand fairy terns Sterna nereis davisae increased from a low of five breeding pairs in 1987 and an annual decline of 1.5% to between 35 and 40 individuals in 2005 and an annual increase of 1.4%, following the continual trapping of introduced mammalian predators (feral cats Felis catus, hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus, stoats Mustela erminia, ferrets M. putorius, weasels M. nivalis, Australian brush-tailed possums Trichosurus vulpecula and rats Rattus spp.) from 1992 onwards. On average 100 hedgehogs and 12 cats were trapped each year.

     

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