
%0 Journal Article
%A Bird, Jeremy P. 
%A Risalto, Sialesi 
%A Seniloli, Elenoa 
%A Tuamoto, Tuverea 
%T A pre-eradication survey of Wedge-tailed Shearwater <i>Puffinus pacificus</i> on Monuriki, Mamanuca Group, Fiji
%J The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
%D 2014/01/08
%V 31
%N 1
%P 45-50
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/SP13004
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/SP13004 
%X A brief visit to Monuriki, an island in Fiji&#x2019;s Mamanuca group was completed in March-April 2011 to gather baseline data on the island&#x2019;s population of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus pacificus prior to the eradication of alien invasive Polynesian Rat Rattus exulans and feral goats Capra hircus from the island in December 2011. We estimated an island-wide population of 2,000-5,500 pairs of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, the largest population recorded in Fiji. Productivity was estimated to be 40%. It is anticipated these baseline figures will be used to assess the impacts that the removal of invasive mammals has on the population. 
