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Seabird islands : ecology, invasion, and restoration
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mulder
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sea birds--Ecology.
- Sea birds.
- Island ecology--Conservation.
- Island ecology.
- Island animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 492 p.) : ill., maps.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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. This book provides a large-scale cross-system compilation, comparison, and synthesis of the ecology of seabird island systems.
- Contents:
- An introduction to seabird islands / W.B. Anderson and C.P.H. Mulder
- Seabirds as ecosystem engineers : nutrient inputs and physical disturbance / J.L. Smith, C.P.H. Mulder, and J.C. Ellis
- Impacts of introduced predators on seabirds / D.R. Towns ... [et al.]
- Direct impacts of seabird predators on island biota other than seabirds / D.R. Drake ... [et al.]
- Impacts of seabirds on plant and soil properties / C.P.H. Mulder ... [et al.]
- Effects of seabirds on plant communities / J.C. Ellis ... [et al.]
- Effects of seabirds on island consumers / G.S. Kolb, H.S. Young, and W.B. Anderson
- Effects of seabird-derived nutrients on aquatic systems / H.S. Young, L. Hurrey, and G.S. Kolb
- Indirect effects of introduced predators on seabird islands / J.C. Russell
- Eradication of invasive seabird predators on seabird islands / P. Dunlevy ... [et al.]
- Recovery and restoration on seabird islands / H.P. Jones ... [et al.]
- The social dimension - public involvement in seabird island restoration / D.R. Towns ... [et al.]
- The state of seabird island ecology : current synthesis and global outlook / M.S. Durrett and C.P.H. Mulder
- Appendix A. Descriptions of focal island systems
- Appendix B. Seabird species
- Appendix C. Seabird predators.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-026780-1
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