Seabird Islands -

Seabird Islands

Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration
Buch | Hardcover
512 Seiten
2011
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-973569-3 (ISBN)
137,15 inkl. MwSt
Written collaboratively by and for ecologists and resource managers, SEABIRD ISLANDS provides the first large-scale cross-system compilation, comparison, and synthesis of the ecology of seabird island systems.
Islands with large colonies of seabirds are found throughout the globe. Seabird islands provide nesting and roosting sites for birds that forage at sea, deposit marine nutrients on land, and physically alter these islands. Habitats for numerous endemic and endangered animal and plant species, seabird islands are therefore biodiversity hotspots with high priority for conservation.

Successful campaigns to eradicate predators (e.g., rats and cats) from seabird islands have been conducted worldwide. However, removal of predators will not necessarily lead to natural recovery of seabirds or other native species. Restoration of island ecosystems requires social acceptance of eradications, knowledge of how island food webs function, and a long-term commitment to measuring and assisting the recovery process.

This book, written collaboratively by and for ecologists and resource managers, provides the first large-scale cross-system compilation, comparison, and synthesis of the ecology of seabird island systems. Offering a new conceptual framework into which to fit the impacts of seabirds on island ecology, this is an essential resource for academics and resource managers alike.

Christa Mulder is a plant ecologist who works primarily on plant-animal interactions, including muskox grazing in the Canadian Arctic, goose herbivory on saltmarsh plants in Alaska, and the impacts of seabirds on islands in New Zealand. She is Associate Professor in Ecology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Wendy Anderson is a community ecologist who studies plant-nutrient interactions on spring ephemeral herbs in deciduous forests, and food webs on islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico and the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. She is currently a Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. David Towns is a conservation biologist studying the effects of invasive pests, methods and effectiveness of pest removals, and restoration of natural communities on islands around New Zealand. He is a Senior Scientist with the Department of Conservation and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I: NATURAL HISTORY OF SEABIRD ISLANDS; W.B. ANDERSON AND C.P.H. MULDER; J.L. SMITH, C.P.H. MULDER, AND J.C. ELLIS; D.R. TOWNS, G.V. BYRD, H.P. JONES, M.J. RAUZON, J.C. RUSSELL, AND C. WILCOX; D.R. DRAKE, T.W. BODEY, J.C. RUSSELL, D.R. TOWNS, M. NOGALES, AND L. RUFFINO; PART II: CROSS-SYSTEM COMPARISONS OF ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS; C.P.H. MULDER, H. JONES, K. KAMEDA, C. PALMBORG, S. SCHMIDT, J.C. ELLIS, J L. ORROCK, D.A. WAIT, D.A. WARDLE, L. YANG, H. YOUNG, D.A. CROLL, AND E. VIDAL; J.C. ELLIS, P.J. BELLINGHAM, E.K. CAMERON, D.A. CROLL, G.S. KOLB, C. KUEFFER, G.H. MITTELHAUSER, S. SCHMIDT, E. VIDAL, AND D.A. WAIT; G.S. KOLB, H.S. YOUNG, AND W.B. ANDERSON; H.S. YOUNG, L. HURREY, AND G.S. KOLB; J.C. RUSSELL; PART III: RESTORATION OF SEABIRD ISLANDS; P. DUNLEVY, S.E. EBBERT, J.C. RUSSELL, AND D.R. TOWNS; H. JONES, D.R. TOWNS, T. BODEY, C. MISKELLY, J.C. ELLIS, M. RAUZON, S. KRESS, AND M. MCKOWN; D.R. TOWNS, A. AGUIRRE MUNOZ, S.W. KRESS, P.J. HODUM, A.A. BURBIDGE, AND A. SAUNDERS; M.S. DURRETT AND C.P.H. MULDER; APPENDIX A: DESCRIPTIONS OF FOCAL ISLAND SYSTEMS; APPENDIX B: SEABIRD SPECIES; APPENDIX C: SEABIRD PREDATORS; GLOSSARY; INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag 8.9.2011
Zusatzinfo 42 line art, 33 halftones, 1 map
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 236 x 157 mm
Gewicht 816 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Naturführer
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 0-19-973569-7 / 0199735697
ISBN-13 978-0-19-973569-3 / 9780199735693
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