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Malaysia's Last Seabird Refuge
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 April 2009
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The only breeding colony of the brown booby Sula leucogaster in Malaysia is declining steadily due to predation, mainly by fishermen who take eggs and young birds for food. However, if the predation could be controlled, a crop could be taken each year without endangering the colony.
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