Article Dans Une Revue Marine Ornithology Année : 2025

A PETREL BREEDING DIVERSITY HOTSPOT: RAIVAVAE ISLAND (AUSTRAL ISLANDS, FRENCH POLYNESIA), WITH A NEED FOR CONSERVATION ACTION

Yves David
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Thomas Ghestemme
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Tehani Withers
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Hadoram Shirihai
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Jean-Claude Thibault
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Raivavae is a small island in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia that is surrounded by a lagoon with 28 islets. Its marine avifauna is one of the least known and least studied in French Polynesia. Overall, seabird surveys in the various Austral Islands have been extremely sparse. This study addresses this need, using both historical and recent findings. The results show high species richness, with 10 breeding procellarid species, though none are numerous. We also update the knowledge on breeding petrels from other Austral Islands (except Rapa) and discuss the consequences of these findings in terms of their conservation on an island with cats Felis sp. and rats Rattus sp.

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hal-05043872 , version 1 (06-05-2025)

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Vincent Bretagnolle, Yves David, Thomas Ghestemme, Tehani Withers, Hadoram Shirihai, et al.. A PETREL BREEDING DIVERSITY HOTSPOT: RAIVAVAE ISLAND (AUSTRAL ISLANDS, FRENCH POLYNESIA), WITH A NEED FOR CONSERVATION ACTION. Marine Ornithology, 2025, 53 (1), pp.163-171. ⟨10.5038/2074-1235.53.1.1630⟩. ⟨hal-05043872⟩
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