New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts

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Video camera count of burrow-dwelling fairy prions, sooty shearwaters, and tuatara on Takapourewa (Stephens Island), New Zealand

T. J. MARKWELL

School of Biological Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O. Box 600
Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract  Video camera technology is an increasingly common tool in the study of burrow-dwelling animals. A camera used to observe the inhabitants of narrow burrows on Takapourewa (Cook Strait, New Zealand) is described. Population densities (animals per m²) of up to 1.1 for fairy prions (Pachyptila turtur), 0.06 for sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus), and 0.15 for tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) were estimated in four different habitats. These data are similar to other estimates collected in more labour intensive studies on the island, and provide baseline information for future conservation work on Takapourewa.

Keywords  video camera; fairy prions; sooty shearwaters; tuatara; population density

Received 11 November 1996; accepted 24 February 1997

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1997, Vol. 24: 231-237

0301-4223/2403-0231 $7.00/0   (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1997

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