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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Recovery Plan—Australian Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis nereis)) Instrument 2022
2.1Historical causes of decline
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2.1 Historical causes of decline
The Australian Fairy Tern population has been in decreasing for at least the last 30 years (Garnett et al. 2011). The decrease is most prominent in the eastern population and is associated with the loss of key nesting habitats and disturbance from an increasing human population.