Do introduced mammals chronically impact the breeding success of the world's rarest albatross?

Introduced mammals may have deleterious effects on avifauna. We investigated whether such species may be affecting the breeding success of the critically endangered Amsterdam Albatrosses Diomedea amsterdamensis on its remote breeding island. Twelve camera-traps deployed near albatross nests during the chick Rattus rattus, but without revealing evidence of any direct interaction between the Our survey suggests that introduced mammals may not currently represent a primary direct threat to this population, but they might amplify the risks of chick mortality in case of disease outbreaks.

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Source ISSN: 1347-0558
Author Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste, Barbraud, Christophe, Delord, Karine, Marteau, Cédric, Weimerskirch, Henri
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 6, 2026, 17:28 (UTC)
Created May 6, 2026, 17:28 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00945427
Language en
contributor Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (T.A.A.F.)
creator Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste
date 2014-05-06T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2026-02-19T00:00:00
relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2326/osj.13.41
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