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10.1007/s10973-017-6106-x

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Yelloweyed Penguin Emphasis Type="Italic"Megad

Authors: Danilo Hegg Thibaut Giroir Ursula Ellenberg Philip J Seddon
Publish Date: 2011/10/20
Volume: 153, Issue: 2, Pages: 457-466
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Population monitoring of seabirds plays an important role in conservation since it provides the information required to evaluate conservation programmes of endangered species to guide harvest management and to monitor indicators of marine ecosystem health Annual nest counts are often used for the longterm monitoring of breeding seabird populations While such counts provide a direct and costeffective survey method single nest counts will almost always yield an underestimate of the true number of nests and provide no means of expressing uncertainty In this study we used double counts and the Lincoln–Petersen estimator to assess the reliability of nest counts for the YellowEyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes in the South Island of New Zealand We estimated the detection rate of single nest counts at 88 and we calculated that double counts are sufficiently precise to detect changes in the size of the breeding population as small as 33 between years We failed to detect observer bias or any effects of search effort or habitat on the detection rate the only significant factor being the steepness of the terrain Given the high detection rate and the susceptibility of YellowEyed Penguins to human disturbance we conclude that the established protocol for single nest counts is adequate for the regular monitoring of the population We suggest that double counts could be conducted once every 5 years to obtain precise estimates for the purpose of longterm population monitoring We also highlight the importance of repeating similar studies for a variety of species and habitatsBestandszählungen von Seevögeln spielen eine wichtige Rolle im Naturschutz Sie stellen grundlegende Information bereit für die Bewertung von Naturschutzmaßnamen zum Erhalt gefährdeter Arten als Orientierungshilfe für Ertragsmanagement und zur Überwachung von Bioindikatoren mariner Ökosysteme Jährliche Nestzählungen sind eine verbreitete Methode für Langzeitbeobachtungen von Brutpopulationen Obwohl dies eine direkte und kosteneffektive Erfassungsmethode ist bedeuten einmalige Nestzählungen fast immer eine Unterschätzung des tatsächlichen Brutbestands ohne dabei eine Fehlerabschätzung zu erlauben In dieser Studie testen wir Doppelzählungen und den LincolnPetersenIndex zur Bewertung der Zuverlässigkeit von Nestzählungen beim Gelbaugenpinguin Megadyptes antipodes auf der Südinsel von Neuseeland Wir konnten zeigen dass bei einmaligen Nestzählungen etwa 88 der Nester gefunden werden Doppelzählungen waren genügend präzise um Brutbestandsschwankungen von nur 33 zwischen den Jahren festzustellen Wir konnten keine Unterschiede zwischen Beobachtern z B Sucherfahrung oder mögliche Auswirkungen von Suchintensität oder Bruthabitat auf den Sucherfolg finden Allein die Steilheit des Geländes wirkte sich signifikant negativ auf den Sucherfolg aus Da die Zuverlässigkeit von einmaligen Nestzählungen hinreichend genaue Ergebnisse lieferte und Gelbaugenpinguine sehr empfindlich sind gegenüber antropogenen Störungen halten wir die etablierten einfachen Nestzählungen für die jährliche Brutbestandserfassung für angemessen Wir empfehlen Doppelzählungen alle fünf Jahre durchzuführen um präzise Daten für Langzeitpopulationsentwicklungen zu erhalten Wir denken es ist wichtig vergleichbare Studien an anderen Arten und in verschiedenen Habitaten zu wiederholenWe are grateful to the Department of Conservation Coastal Otago and to the Yelloweyed Penguin Trust for supporting the project for allocating the resources and the staff for one of the search teams and for making the previous years’ nest locations available A special thank you to Melanie Young Aviva Stein Kate Beer Cheryl Pullar Dave McFarlane and Leith Thomson for their contribution to the project in the field and for their help with logistics Kelly Buckle Nicolas Dussex Nicolas Fasel Brendan Ford Jim Fyfe Lauren Kiff Sarah Meadows Riki Mules Alice Thomas and Han Wolsink assisted with nest searches Thank you to Murray Efford for feedback during the design stage of the experiment and to two anonymous reviewers whose comments have improved our manuscript


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