The project will focus on three groups of islands of the Southern Ocean which host large native seabird populations of albatrosses, penguins and burrowing petrels, suffering from introduced mammal species.
Case studies benefiting from detailed long-term monitoring of bird populations will be conducted on Amsterdam Island (French Southern and Antarctic Lands), Marion Island (South Africa) and New Island (Falkland/Malvinas Islands). The implementation of restoration efforts via introduced species eradication plans, such as RECI‘s project on Amsterdam island and Mouse-Free Marion Project on Marion Island will enable a quasi-experimental approach of the effects of introduced species on eco-epidemiological dynamics.
Entrecasteaux cliffs, Amsterdam Island, where yellow-nosed albatross chicks suffer most years of die-offs from avian cholera in interaction with pressure from rats ((c) T. Boulinier)
Project REMOVE_DISEASE 