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ACAP. 2009. ACAP Species Assessment: Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata. Available at: http://www.acap.aq/acap-species/download-document/1185-light-mantled-albatross.

BirdLife International. 2004. Tracking ocean wanderers: the global distribution of albatrosses and petrels. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Cooper, J.; Klages, N. T. W. 1995. The diets and dietary segregation of Sooty Albatrosses Phoebetriaspp. at subantarctic Marion Island. Antarctic Science: 15-23.

Crawford, R. J. M.; Cooper, J.; Dyer, B. M.; Greyling, M.; Klages, N. T. W.; Ryan, P. G.; Petersen, S.; Underhill, L. G.; Upfold, L.; Wilkinson, W.; de Villiers, M.; du Plessis, S.; du Toit, M.; Leshoro, T. M.;…authors continued in notes. 2003. Populations of surface nesting seabirds at Marion Island, 1994/95-2002/03. African Journal of Marine Science 25: 427-440.

Croxall, J. P. and Gales, R. 1998. Assessment of the conservation status of albatrosses. In: Robertson, G. and Gales, R. (eds), Albatross biology and conservation, pp. 46-65. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, Australia.

Delord, K.; Besson, D.; Barbraud, C.; Weimerskirch, H. 2008. Population trends in a community of large Procellariforms of Indian Ocean: potential effects of environment and fisheries interactions. Biological Conservation 141(7): 1840-1856.

Dilley, B. J.; Davies, D.; Bond, A. L.; Ryan, P. 2015. Effects of mouse predation on burrowing petrel chicks at Gough Island. Antarctic Science 27(6): 543-553.

Downes, M.C,, Ealey, E.H.M., Gwynne, A.M,, Young, P.S. 1959. The birds of Heard Island. Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition Reports (Series B) 1: 58–68.

Gales, R. 1998. Albatross populations: status and threats. In: Robertson, G.; Gales, R. (ed.), Albatross biology and conservation, pp. 20-45. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, Australia.

Lawton, K., Kirkwood, R., Robertson, G., Raymond, B. 2008. Preferred foraging areas of Heard Island albatrosses during chick raising and implications for the management of incidental mortality in fisheries. Aquatic Conservation. Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18(3): 309-320.

Mackley, E. K., Phillips, R. A., Silk, J. R., Wakefield, E. D., Afanasyev, V., Fox, J. W., Furness, R. W. 2010. Free as a bird? Activity patterns of albatrosses during the nonbreeding period. Marine Ecology Progress Series 406: 291-303.

Phillips, R. A.; Silk, J. R .D.; Croxall, J. P. 2005. Foraging and provisioning strategies of the light-mantled Sooty Albatross at South Georgia: competition and co-existence with sympatric pelagic predators. Marine Ecology Progress Series 285: 259-270.

Phillips, R.A., Gales, R., Baker, G.B., Double, M.C., Favero, M., Quintana, F., Tasker, M.L., Weimerskirch, H., Uhart, M., Wolfaardt, A. 2016. The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels. Biological Conservation 201: 169-183.

Ryan, P. G.; Cooper, J.; Dyer, B. M.; Underhill, L. G.; Crawford, R. J. M.; Bester, M. N. 2003. Counts of surface-nesting seabirds breeding at Prince Edward Island, Summer 2001/02. African Journal of Marine Science 25(1): 441-451.

Taylor, G. A. 2000. Action plan for seabird conservation in New Zealand. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Terauds, A., Gales, R. 2006. Provisioning strategies and growth patterns of Light-mantled Sooty Albatrosses Phoebetria palpebrata on Macquarie Island. Polar Biology 29(11): 917-926.

Thomas, G. 1982. The food and feeding ecology of the Light-mantled Sooty Albatross at South Georgia. Emu 82: 92-100.

Weimerskirch, H.; Jouventin, P. 1998. Changes in population sizes and demographic parameters of six albatross species breeding on the French sub-antarctic islands. In: Robertson, G.; Gales, R. (ed.), Albatross biology and conservation, pp. 84-91. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, Australia.

Weimerskirch, H.; Robertson, G. 1994. Satellite tracking of Light-mantled Sooty Albatross. Polar Biology 14: 123-126.

Additional information is available on the distribution of the Light-mantled Albatross from the Global Procellariiform Tracking Database (http://www.seabirdtracking.org)

Australian Govt - Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 - Recovery Outline

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/light-mantled-albatross-phoebetria-palpebrata on 30/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 30/12/2024.