THE IMPACT OF FOX AND FERAL CAT PREDATION ON THE POPULATION VIABILITY OF THE THREATENED, ENDEMIC SOCOTRA CORMORANT ON SINIYA ISLAND, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

• Published in: Marine ornithology Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 171 - 177
• Main Authors: Muzaffar, Sabir Bin, Benjamin, Sonya D, GUBIANI, ROBERT E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.12.2013
• Subjects: Felis catus; Marine; Phalacrocorax nigrogularis; Vulpes vulpes; ISW, United Arab Emirates; ISW, Yemen, Socotra; ISW, United Arab Emirates, Umm Al Quwain; ISW, Oman

Seabirds are vulnerable to a variety of threats occurring at breeding colonies, including disturbance, habitat degradation and predation from terrestrial predators. Socotra Cormorants Phalacrocorax nigrogularis are threatened, regionally endemic seabirds restricted to the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Om...