Unplanned restoration: Pallid swifts recover twenty years after rat removal from a Mediterranean island

Authors

  • Jean-Louis Martin Université de Montpellier - Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, France image/svg+xml
  • Jean-Claude Thibault Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Paris, France image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30456/avo.2022101

Keywords:

islands, unexpected restauration, nest sites, nest site selection, nest predation

Abstract

Results from an experimental study from 1994 suggested that Black Rats, introduced on small Mediterranean islands, restricted Pallid Swift nesting to a small number of sites inaccessible to rats. We report here that the removal of rats in 2000 to restore a seabird population was followed by an unplanned increase of nesting Pallid Swifts through an increase in the number and variety of nest sites used, including low and easily reachable sites.

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Author Biographies

Jean-Louis Martin, Université de Montpellier - Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, France

CNRS

EPHE

IRD

Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France

Jean-Claude Thibault, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Paris, France

CNRS

SU

EPHE, Paris, France

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Published

2022-01-31

How to Cite

Martin, J.-L., & Thibault, J.-C. (2022). Unplanned restoration: Pallid swifts recover twenty years after rat removal from a Mediterranean island. Avocetta, 46(1). https://doi.org/10.30456/avo.2022101

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Short communications

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