Changes in the Distribution and Abundance of Waved Albatrosses at Isla Española, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

1998/11/01 by Hector D. Douglas
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Avian ecology and behavior #Turtle Biology and Conservation #Marine and coastal plant biology

paper · doi:10.2307/1369757

Abstract

In 1994 a complete census of the Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irroratu) at Isla Espafiola, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador estimated the world population as at least 18,200 breeding pairs, a 52% increase over the 1970-1971 estimate of 12,000 breeding pairs.Two small inland colonies disappeared between 1971 and 1994, estimates for two coastal colonies increased by at least 138 and 335%, and one other large colony remained stable over this same time period.

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