Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Washington
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Washington Project


Seabird ecology at Tetiaroa, French Polynesia

October 2018 - December 2025


Personnel

Participating Agencies

  • Private Donors to University of Washington
  • Private Donor to University of Washington
  • Private Donor to University of Washington

The atoll of Tetiaroa, French Polynesia, is a critical nesting area for several species of seabirds in the South Pacific. Seabirds here and elsewhere around the globe face several threats - including introduced mammalian predators and changing ocean conditions. In collaboration with the Tetiaroa Society, we are working to understand the ecology of seabirds at Tetiaroa, with a focus on how seabirds will respond to eradication of rats from the atoll. This work will inform tropical seabird conservation worldwide.

Presentations Presentation Date
Hallock EM, SJ Converse, JL DeVore, AJ DuVall, and B Gardner. 2025. Effects of rat eradication on daily nest survival probabilities of Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) on a tropical atoll. Pacific Seabird Group Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica; 6-9 January 2025. January 2025
Hallock EM, B Gardner, JL DeVore, AJ DuVall, and SJ Converse. 2024. Vegetation Cover and Landscape Features Predict Breeding Seabird Space Use on a Pacific Atoll. Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA; 20-23 February 2024. February 2024
DuVall AJ, B Gardner, SB Bassing, PD Boersma, V Marcy, and SJ Converse. 2020. Modeling changes in seabird distribution and abundance following rat eradication at Tetiaroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group, Portland, Oregon. 12-15 February. February 2020