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In 2011, the invasive American mink Neovison vison became the most acute threat to the globally critically endangered Hooded Grebe Podiceps gallardoi (global population <800 individuals) when mink killed over 4 % of their global population. The Hooded Grebe is endemic to the Argentinean Austral Patagonia. In 2014, we established a control program in the Buenos Aires Lake Plateau area; the first attempt to systematically control mink in Patagonia. Our aim was to preserve the Hooded Grebes throughout the reproductive season by eradicating mink from the highland lakes and the rivers that mink use as corridors. We used a combination of methods (live trapping, lethal trapping and hunting) to maximize mink removal during the short climate window that permits work in the area. Control effort in the summer seasons of 2014 and 2015 involved 47–91 traps working for 128–137 days and we also hunted for mink along 186 km of river. No mink predation on grebes has been observed since the beginning of the control program and 71 mink were removed from the area. Percentage of sites occupied by mink decreased after the first control season (occupancy estimation decreased ca. 50 %). However, there was also a decline in the number of mink trapped, indicating that mink removal was more difficult in the second control season. We show that mink culling can be established successfully in an area with challenging logistics, avoiding negative impacts on non-target native species and providing positive outcomes for a species of global conservation importance. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Invasive predator control program in Austral Patagonia for endangered bird conservation
Autor:Fasola, L.; Roesler, I.
Filiación:Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC)—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Bernardo Houssay 200, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego V9410CAB, Argentina
Proyecto Macá Tobiano—Aves Argentinas/Asociación Ornitológica del Plata y Asociación Ambiente Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución—Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA)—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1428EGA, Argentina
Palabras clave:American mink; Control strategy; Invasive predator; Patagonia; Podiceps gallardoi; Trapping methods
Año:2016
Volumen:62
Número:5
Página de inicio:601
Página de fin:608
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-1032-y
Título revista:European Journal of Wildlife Research
Título revista abreviado:Eur. J. Wildl. Res.
ISSN:16124642
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_16124642_v62_n5_p601_Fasola

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Fasola, L. & Roesler, I. (2016) . Invasive predator control program in Austral Patagonia for endangered bird conservation. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 62(5), 601-608.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-1032-y
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Fasola, L., Roesler, I. "Invasive predator control program in Austral Patagonia for endangered bird conservation" . European Journal of Wildlife Research 62, no. 5 (2016) : 601-608.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-1032-y
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Fasola, L., Roesler, I. "Invasive predator control program in Austral Patagonia for endangered bird conservation" . European Journal of Wildlife Research, vol. 62, no. 5, 2016, pp. 601-608.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-1032-y
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Fasola, L., Roesler, I. Invasive predator control program in Austral Patagonia for endangered bird conservation. Eur. J. Wildl. Res. 2016;62(5):601-608.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-1032-y