
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dyer, PK 
A1  - Hill, GJE 
T1  - Active Breeding Burrows of the Wedge-tailed Shearwater in the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef
JF  - Emu
JO  - EMU
Y1  - 1992
VL  - 92
IS  - 3
SP  - 147
EP  - 151
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9920147 
N2  - Estimates of the breeding status of the Wedgetailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus on the Capricorn Group of islands in the southern Great Barrier Reef indicate that the size of the breeding population is much lower than previously thought (500 000 pairs). For the 1989-90 season 43% and 56% of burrows, on Heron and Erskine Islands respectively, supported breeding birds. Most occupied burrows featured lined nesting chambers. Burrow lengths ranged from 0.1 m to 2.35 m with a mean of 0.91 m. There was no relationship between burrow length and breeding activity. 
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