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- Title
THE AVIAN ECOLOGY OF A TUSSOCK ISLAND IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.
- Authors
Woods, R. W.
- Abstract
In the windswept and treeless Falkland Islands, the natural vegetation has been seriously depleted by two centuries of extractive farming. One habitat-mature Tussock-grass-is of vital importance to the resident birds, and those Tussock-covered islands that remain in a nearly natural state can support a far greater density and variety of bird species than any areas on the mainland. Kidney Island maintains a diverse avian fauna because it offers abundant cover, nest-sites, nest materials and food. In and around the dense mature Tussock-grass which covers about 90% of the surface, 28 bird species nest on the island; 18 of them occupy one or other of the six minor habitats which can be distinguished in the Tussock-grass. The nest-sites and interrelationships of these breeding species are described.
- Publication
Ibis, 1970, Vol 112, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
0019-1019
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1474-919X.1970.tb00072.x