An Island-wide survey of Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti occupancy on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

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2012

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Boland, C
Smith, Michael J.
Maple, Dion
Tiernan, Brendan
Napier, Fionnuala

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African Seabird Group

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Decades of phosphate mining on Christmas Island in Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti nesting habitat has created a conservation threat to this rare endemic seabird. The status of Abbott's Boobies could be further jeopardised by other processes, such as the

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Keywords: ant; endemic species; habitat type; mining; modeling; phosphate; rare species; seabird; spatial distribution; Christmas Island; Anoplolepis gracilipes; Papasula abbotti; Paratrechina longicornis; Sula abbotti; Sulidae Abbott's Booby; Christmas Island; Occupancy modelling; Phosphate mining; Yellow Crazy Ant

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Marine Ornithology

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