Polynesian rat predation on nesting Laysan Albatrosses and other Pacific seabirds

Author:

Kepler, Cameron B.

Title:

Polynesian rat predation on nesting Laysan Albatrosses and other Pacific seabirds

Periodical:

Auk

Year:

1967

Volume:

84

Pages:

426-430

Subject:

Albatrosses Kure Island Predatory animals Rats

Summary:

During a study that was done where the predator-prey interactions between the Polynesian rat and (Rattus exulans) and seabirds were observed on Kure Atoll, the westernmost atoll in the Hawaiian Leeward Islands, this document describes how the Polynesian rat attacks the nesting Laysan Albatrosses and how the albatrosses seem to be reluctant to leave their nests under adverse conditions and seem to have no adequate defense against rats who attack them while protecting their nests.

Label:

Birds - General

URL:

https://sora.unm.edu/node/21648

Date:

Jul. 1967

Collection:

Periodicals