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A junior researcher at Queens College in Oxford will undertake a scientific expedition on Seychelles’ Aldabra Atoll in December to determine the reasons for the decline in one of its tropical seabirds. Annette Fayet said that over the last few years AldabrResearcher plans to investigate decline in tropical seabirds around Seychelles
A junior researcher at Queens College in Oxford will undertake a scientific expedition on Seychelles’ Aldabra Atoll in December to determine the reasons for the decline in one of its tropical seabirds. Annette Fayet said that over the last few years Aldabra has seen declines in the red-tailed tropicbirds, but the reason is not clear. “Finding out why such decline is happening is critical to inform conservation measures to help protect this species. The decline is likely linked with the availability of prey at sea,” said Fayet. The researcher added that “it is essential for us to understand the feeding ecology of tropicbirds, which currently we know very little about.... Read more