Habitat categorisation and mapping of a seabird reserve: Ilhéu da Praia, Azores

Long, Sarah E., Devlin, Jack J., Raposo, Pedro, Porter, Ben J. and Hereward, Hannah F. R. 2021. Habitat categorisation and mapping of a seabird reserve: Ilhéu da Praia, Azores. Seabird 33 , pp. 53-65.

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Abstract

The removal of invasive species and mitigation of habitat loss are vital conservation tools for species such as seabirds. We surveyed habitats across the entirety of a small seabird islet reserve, Ilhéu da Praia, in the Azores, two decades on from mammalian eradication and floral restoration. Here, we present a fine-scale map, to a 12 metre resolution, representing the first full habitat survey of this islet. This resource can serve as a baseline for monitoring future habitat changes to this internationally important seabird islet. Following restoration efforts in the 1990s, the islet’s dominant habitats are meadow, grassland dominated by Festuca petraea, or a combination of the two. We also report a novel observation of both Band-rumped Hydrobates castro and Monteiro’s H. monteiroi Storm Petrels breeding in the cavities of Tamarix africana, an invasive tree species.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	The Seabird Group
ISSN:	1757-5842
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	1 February 2022
Date of Acceptance:	19 February 2021
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 03:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/143952

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