The Effect of Human Activity on the Growth Rates of Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris Chicks

Abstract

The growth rates of 172 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris chicks, subjected to low, medium and high levels of handling, were monitored during the 1991–92 breeding season on Great Dog Island, Bass Strait, Australia. Chick growth did not differ consistently between the three levels of disturbance.