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Ecosystem engineering actions of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Puffinus pacificus on Rottnest Island, Western Australia

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) is an ecosystem engineer: it physically modifies habitat, by burrow nesting, in a manner that modulates resource flows and other species within nesting colony ecosystems. My work explores the ecosystem engineering actions of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters on Rottnest Island, Western Australia. I have approached this by (1) describing and quantifying the physical impact of these engineers (soil displacement), and (2) describing and quantifying the effects that these actions have on three major ecosystem components: the soil, the vascular plants, and the vertebrate fauna. Significant differences between colony and adjacent, non-colony areas were recorded in all areas of the study.

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Title Ecosystem engineering actions of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Puffinus pacificus on Rottnest Island, Western Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/50f3c632-79a6-4f7c-8d55-5e63551e1cff
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
wes@graduate.uwa.edu.au
Reference Period 01/03/2002 - 01/05/2003
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Ecosystem engineering actions of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Puffinus pacificus on Rottnest Island, Western Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/ecosystem-engineering-actions-of-wedge-tailed-shearwaters-puffinus-pacificus-on-rottnest-island