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The effects of fire on burrow-nesting seabirds particularly short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) and their habitat in Tasmania

Brothers, N and Harris, S 1999 , 'The effects of fire on burrow-nesting seabirds particularly short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) and their habitat in Tasmania' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 133, no. 1 , pp. 15-22 , doi: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.133.1.15.

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Abstract

The synchronised breeding habit of many seabird species makes them particularly vulnerable to fires in the nesting area. Post-fire recolonisation and soil formation were studied on Albatross Island, and observations from island rookeries of shearwaters, fairy prions and fairy penguins in eastern Bass Strait and elsewhere were used with a view to understanding the long-term impact of fires on seabird colonies in Tasmania.

Item Type: Article
Authors/Creators:Brothers, N and Harris, S
Keywords: Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN: 0080-4703
DOI / ID Number: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.133.1.15
Collections: Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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