The population status, breeding success and diet of Subantarctic Skuas two decades after the feral cat eradication on Marion Island

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dc.contributor.advisorRyan, Peter Gen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCerfonteyn, Mia Elizabethen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-20T14:29:11Z
dc.date.available2014-08-20T14:29:11Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractPrey availability is often the driver behind predator population trends, diet and breeding success. Changes in predator abundance and breeding success represent numerical responses to changes in prey abundance, whereas dietary shifts can be classified as functional responses. Invasive mammals introduced to island ecosystems can have detrimental impacts on endemic bird populations and thus disrupt predator-prey relationships. In cases where a predator is dependent on a certain prey species, the distribution, abundance, breeding success and diet of a predator can reveal disruptions in their prey abundance and density.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCerfonteyn, M. E. (2013). <i>The population status, breeding success and diet of Subantarctic Skuas two decades after the feral cat eradication on Marion Island</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6603en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCerfonteyn, Mia Elizabeth. <i>"The population status, breeding success and diet of Subantarctic Skuas two decades after the feral cat eradication on Marion Island."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6603en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCerfonteyn, M. 2013. The population status, breeding success and diet of Subantarctic Skuas two decades after the feral cat eradication on Marion Island. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cerfonteyn, Mia Elizabeth AB - Prey availability is often the driver behind predator population trends, diet and breeding success. Changes in predator abundance and breeding success represent numerical responses to changes in prey abundance, whereas dietary shifts can be classified as functional responses. Invasive mammals introduced to island ecosystems can have detrimental impacts on endemic bird populations and thus disrupt predator-prey relationships. In cases where a predator is dependent on a certain prey species, the distribution, abundance, breeding success and diet of a predator can reveal disruptions in their prey abundance and density. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - The population status, breeding success and diet of Subantarctic Skuas two decades after the feral cat eradication on Marion Island TI - The population status, breeding success and diet of Subantarctic Skuas two decades after the feral cat eradication on Marion Island UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6603 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6603
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCerfonteyn ME. The population status, breeding success and diet of Subantarctic Skuas two decades after the feral cat eradication on Marion Island. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6603en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentPercy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleThe population status, breeding success and diet of Subantarctic Skuas two decades after the feral cat eradication on Marion Islanden_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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