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Abbott, C. L.; Double, M. C. 2003. Phylogeography of shy and white-capped albatrosses inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: implications for population history and taxonomy. Molecular Ecology 12(10): 2747-2758.
Abraham, E., Richard, Y., Walker, N., Gibson, W., Ochi, D., Tsuji, S., Kerwath, S., Winker, H., Parsa, M., Small, C. & Waugh, S. 2019. Assessment of the risk of surface longline fisheries in the Southern Hemisphere to albatrosses and petrels, for 2016. Report to the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna, Canberra.
ACAP. 2009. ACAP Species Assessment: Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta. Available at: http://www.acap.aq/acap-species/download-document/1201-shy-albatross#.
Alderman, R., Hobday, A.J. 2017. Developing a climate adaptation strategy for vulnerable seabirds based on prioritisation of intervention options. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 140: 290-297.
Alderman, R.; Gales, R.; Tuck, G. N.; Lebreton, J. D. 2011. Global population status of shy albatross and an assessment of colony-specific trends and drivers. Wildlife Research 38: 672-686.
Baker, G. B.; Double, M. C.; Gales, R.; Tuck, G. N.; Abbott, C. L.; Ryan, P. G.; Petersen, S. L.; Robertson, C. J. R.; Alderman, R. 2007. A global assessment of the impact of fisheries-related mortality on Shy and White-capped Albatrosses: conservation implications. Biological Conservation 137(3): 319-333.
Baker, G.B. 2016. Demography of shy and white-capped albatrosses. PhD Thesis, University of Tasmania, Australia.
Baker, G.B., Robertson, G. 2018. Management of seabird bycatch leads to sustainable fisheries and seabird populations. In: Garnett, S.T., Woinarski, J., Lindenmayer, D., Latch, P. (ed.), Recovering threatened Australian species, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.
Brooke, M. de L. 2004. Albatrosses and Petrels Across the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE). 2019. Shy albatross in Australia: Population and conservation assessment report for the 2018/19 season. Marine Conservation Program, Hobart.
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Garnett, S.T., Baker, G.B. 2021. Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta. In: Garnett, S.T., Baker, G.B. (ed.), Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 138-141. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Hedd, A., Gales, R. 2001. The diet of shy albatrosses (Thalassarche cauta) at Albatross Island, Tasmania. Journal of The Zoological Society of London 253: 69-90.
Hedd, A., Gales, R. 2005. Breeding and overwintering ecology of Shy Albatrosses in southern Australia: year-round patterns of colony attendance and foraging-trip durations. Condor 107: 375-387.
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Johnstone, G. W.; Milledge, D.; Dorwood, D. F. 1975. The White-capped Albatross of Albatross Island: numbers and breeding behaviour. Emu 75: 1-11.
Koopman, M., Boag, S., Tuck, G.N., Hudson, R., Knuckey, I., Alderman, R. 2018. Industry-based development of effective new seabird mitigation devices in the southern Australian trawl fisheries. Endangered Species Research 36: 197-211.
Mason, C., Alderman, R., McGowan, J., Possingham, H.P., Hobday, A.J., Sumner, M., Shaw, J. 2018. Telemetry reveals existing marine protected areas are worse than random for protecting the foraging habitat of threatened shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta). Diversity and Distributions 24: 1744-1755.
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Wang, J., Selleck, P., Yu, M., Ha, W., Rootes, C., Gales, R., Wise, T., Crameri, S., Chen, H., Broz, I., Hyatt, A. 2014. Novel phlebovirus with zoonotic potential isolated from ticks, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases 20: 1040-1043.
Australian Govt - Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 - Recovery Outline
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta. Downloaded from
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