TY - BOOK

T1 - British Indian Ocean Territory Biodiversity Action Plan: Sooty Tern

AU - Carr, Peter

A2 - Roche, Ronan

A2 - Turner, John

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - The principal, known and quantifiable threat to Sooty Tern in the Chagos Archipelago is the loss of suitable breeding habitat through invasive / non-native species. Secondary threats are likely to be from overfishing of sub-surface predators in the Indian Ocean and climate change-induced habitat alteration. A lack of understanding of the breeding phenology and a total lack of research into the feeding and foraging requirements and non-breeding distribution of the central Indian Ocean population O. f. nubilosus hinders conservation management for this species in the Chagos Archipelago.

AB - The principal, known and quantifiable threat to Sooty Tern in the Chagos Archipelago is the loss of suitable breeding habitat through invasive / non-native species. Secondary threats are likely to be from overfishing of sub-surface predators in the Indian Ocean and climate change-induced habitat alteration. A lack of understanding of the breeding phenology and a total lack of research into the feeding and foraging requirements and non-breeding distribution of the central Indian Ocean population O. f. nubilosus hinders conservation management for this species in the Chagos Archipelago.

KW - biodiversity conservation

KW - birds

M3 - Commissioned report

BT - British Indian Ocean Territory Biodiversity Action Plan: Sooty Tern

ER -