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Titre :	Important Bird Areas: Breeding seabirds on the Isles of Scilly
Auteurs :	Vickie Heaney, Auteur ; Leigh Lock, Auteur ; Paul St Pierre, Auteur ; Andy Brown, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (101(8) AUG 2008)
Article en page(s) :	418-438
Résumé :	The Isles of Scilly are long famous for attracting rare migrant birds, and much-visited in spring and autumn by those in search of them, but it is much less widely appreciated that the islands also support an outstanding and internationally important assemblage of breeding seabirds. We document the present status and distribution of seabirds on the islands, set populations in their regional, national and international contexts, and review recent and historical changes in numbers. In the light of some alarming population trends, we discuss the possible roles of persecution, disturbance, predation, habitat change, waste and fisheries management, climate change and pollution in bringing about these changes. Finally, we identify a range of actions that we believe will do much to improve the fortunes of the seabirds breeding in the archipelago.

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