Evaluating risks to seabirds on the urban–coastal interface: Modelling dog attacks on little penguin populations in Tasmania

• Published in: Aquatic conservation Vol. 34; no. 3
• Main Authors: Blamey, Laura K., Bulman, Catherine M., Tuck, Geoffrey N., Woehler, Eric J., Marker, Perviz F., Patterson, Toby A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Animal attacks; Animal bites; Aquatic birds; Birds; Breeding; Coastal development; Colonies; decline; Dogs; Domestic animals; Domestic species; Endangered & extinct species; Eudyptula minor; Extinction; extinction risk; freshwater; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; Interspecific relationships; introduced predators; Introduced species; mortality; Nesting; Offshore; penguin conservation; Penguins; population modelling; Populations; Predation; Predators; Probability theory; Risk; Risk assessment; seabird; Seabirds; Species extinction; Tasmania; viability; Australia; Tasmania Australia; Tasmania

Tasmania (including offshore islands) has the largest breeding population of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) in Australia, but coastal development around nesting areas has led to habitat loss, often resulting in smaller, fragmented colonies. Colonies have also been subject to predation by introduc...