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Important marine areas for the conservation of northern rockhopper penguins within the Tristan da Cunha Exclusive Economic Zone [PDF]

Endangered Species Research, 2020
The designation of Marine Protected Areas has become an important approach to conserving marine ecosystems that relies on robust information on the spatial distribution of biodiversity.
Steinfurth, A, Oppel, S, Dias, MP, Starnes, T, Pearmain, EJ, Dilley, BJ, Davies, D, Nydegger, M, Bell, C, Le Bouard, F, Bond, AL, Cuthbert, RJ, Glass, T, Makhado, AB, Crawford, RJM, Ryan, PG, Wanless, RM, Ratcliffe, N   +17 more
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Assessment of land‐based threats to Atlantic pelagic seabirds

Conservation Science and Practice
Seabirds are exposed to numerous threats throughout their life‐cycles, including land‐based threats during their breeding season such as invasive species, diseases, or light pollution.
Ioannis Kalaitzakis, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Maria P. Dias, Tammy E. Davies, Mark A. Baran, Nina Bhola, Thierry Boulinier, Joël Bried, Letizia Campioni, Filipe R. Ceia, Federico De Pascalis, Nina Dehnhard, Ana Isabel Fagundes, Olivier Gilg, Jacob González‐Solís, David Grémillet, Marcos Hernández‐Montero, Lucas Krüger, Amanda Kuepfer, Heather L. Major, Mark L. Mallory, Teresa Militão, Nuno Oliveira, Steffen Oppel, Vitor H. Paiva, Jorge M. Pereira, Richard A. Phillips, Ingrid L. Pollet, Aurore Ponchon, Andre F. Raine, Raül Ramos, Jaime A. Ramos, Gregory J. Robertson, Diego Vicente Sastre, Dave Shutler, Mónica C. Silva, Sarah Wanless, Marco Zenatello, Marie‐Morgane Rouyer   +38 more
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Spatial segregation and bycatch risk as potential drivers of population trends of wandering albatrosses at South Georgia. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Spatial segregation in at‐sea distribution is frequently observed in seabirds and can have important implications for conservation and management. Globally, many albatross and petrel populations are declining due to bycatch in fisheries. In South Georgia, the decrease in wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) differs among breeding sites ...
Warwick-Evans V, Pearmain EJ, Thorne L, Phillips RA.   +3 more
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Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT The mechanisms of fern dispersal are under‐studied and there are few data to support the vectors assumed to drive patterns of sporophyte occurrence and speciation. Although wind is generally the fern spore dispersal vector described in the literature, there has always been competing evidence supporting alternate vectors.
Brock JMR.
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Ancient DNA elucidates the controversy about the flightless island hens (Gallinula sp.) of Tristan da Cunha. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
A persistent controversy surrounds the flightless island hen of Tristan da Cunha, Gallinula nesiotis. Some believe that it became extinct by the end of the 19th century. Others suppose that it still inhabits Tristan. There is no consensus about Gallinula
Dick S J Groenenberg, Albert J Beintema, René W R J Dekker, Edmund Gittenberger   +3 more
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Nutritional study of the Islanders on Tristan da Cunha, 1966 [PDF]

British Journal of Nutrition, 1969
1. Individual energy intakes and expenditures of seven Tristan men aged between 16 and 57 years, and ten Tristan women aged between 15 and 61 years, were measured daily for 7 consecutive days between May and October 1966.2. Details of the subjects' main activities together with the energy cost of these activities are given.3.
M A, Chambers, H E, Lewis
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Genomic Divergence Between Octopus vulgaris and Its Undescribed Sister Species From the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Octopus vulgaris Type III — an undescribed Southern Hemisphere lineage occurring along the South African coast and Amsterdam Island — is genomically distinct from O. vulgaris sensu stricto and O. sinensis, as inferred from phylogenetic analyses of 338 nuclear loci and complete mitochondrial genomes, supporting the need for taxonomic re‐evaluation of ...
Emami‐Khoyi A, Fee G, Landschoff J, Amor M, Griffiths C, Cherel Y, Teske P.   +6 more
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The LAST Mile: Evaluating Genetic Biocontrol as a Supplemental Tool for Eradicating Invasive Rodents on Islands [PDF]

Evol Appl
ABSTRACT Invasive rodents cause severe ecosystem degradation on islands and can be challenging to eradicate. Current best‐practices rely on the application of toxic oral baits and have led to successful eradications and remarkable recoveries of native flora and fauna. Yet this single method is not universally applicable.
Birand A, Hay B, Combs M, Gierus L, Horak K, Oh K, Robertson L, Thomas P, Velasquez‐Escobar A, Will D, Maselko M, Piaggio A.   +11 more
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Narrating islands: fragmentation and totality as figures of thought in Raoul Schrott’s work

Island Studies Journal, 2017
This paper reflects on depictions of islands in two novels by the Austrian author Raoul Schrott (born 1964): his first novel, Finis Terrae: Manuscripts, from 1995, and the later Tristan da Cunha or Half of the Earth from 2003.
Oriana Schällibaum
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Horizon scanning for potential invasive non‐native species across the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

Conservation Letters, 2023
Invasive non‐native species (INNS) are recognized as a major threat to island biodiversity, ecosystems, and economies globally. Preventing high‐risk INNS from being introduced is the most cost‐effective way to avoid their adverse impacts.
Wayne Dawson, Jodey M. Peyton, Oliver L. Pescott, Tim Adriaens, Elizabeth J. Cottier‐Cook, Danielle S. Frohlich, Gillian Key, Chris Malumphy, Angeliki F. Martinou, Dan Minchin, Niall Moore, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Stephanie L. Rorke, Elena Tricarico, Katharine M. A. Turvey, Ian J. Winfield, David K. A. Barnes, Diane Baum, Keith Bensusan, Frederic J. Burton, Peter Carr, Peter Convey, Alison I. Copeland, Darren A. Fa, Liza Fowler, Emili García‐Berthou, Albert Gonzalez, Pablo González‐Moreno, Alan Gray, Richard W. Griffiths, Rhian Guillem, Antenor N. Guzman, Jane Haakonsson, Kevin A. Hughes, Ross James, Leslie Linares, Norbert Maczey, Stuart Mailer, Bryan Naqqi Manco, Stephanie Martin, Andrea Monaco, David G. Moverley, Christine Rose‐Smyth, Jonathan Shanklin, Natasha Stevens, Alan J. Stewart, Alexander G. C. Vaux, Stephen J. Warr, Victoria Werenkaut, Helen E. Roy   +49 more
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