The encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: Vertebrate fauna

A. C. Robinson; D. M. Armstrong; G. P. Armstrong; B. Dalzell; P. B. Canty; M. Mcdowell; Michelle Louise Hall

The encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: Vertebrate fauna

A. C. Robinson, D. M. Armstrong, G. P. Armstrong, B. Dalzell, P. B. Canty, M. Mcdowell, Michelle Louise Hall

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Abstract

The vertebrate fauna of the Isles of St Francis includes eight native and one introduced mammal, thirty native and one introduced bird and nineteen native reptiles. The terrestrial vertebrate ecosystem is dependent on the annual nesting of thousands of Short-tailed Shearwaters. A population of Carpet Pythons at a density of 1.5 per hectare occurs on St Francis Island and data from a mark-recapture study between 1988 and 2002 is presented. Counts of both Australian Sea-lion and New Zealand Fur-seal populations indicate a previously unrecorded breeding colony of the former on Masillon Island and a possible population expansion in the latter since the first counts in the early 1980's.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-139
Number of pages	11
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
Volume	127
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Animal plant species
Isles of St Francis
Pythons
Seals
Shearwaters
South Australia
Vertebrates

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The encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: Vertebrate fauna

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