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Invasive predators in New Zealand : disaster on four small paws / Carolyn M. King.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, C. M. (Carolyn M.), author.
- Series:
- Palgrave studies in world environmental history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biological invasions.
- History.
- Animal introduction--Environmental aspects.
- Animal introduction.
- Mammal pests.
- Endemic animals.
- Predatory animals.
- Introduced animals.
- New Zealand.
- Introduced animals--New Zealand--History.
- Predatory animals--New Zealand.
- Endemic animals--Effect of predation on--New Zealand--History.
- Mammal pests--New Zealand--History.
- Animal introduction--Environmental aspects--New Zealand--History.
- Biological invasions--Environmental aspects--New Zealand--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 343 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (some colour) ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- Contents:
- Part I. The years before Cook. 1. Introduction (82 million years ago to AD 1280) ; 2. The Māori era (1280-1769)
- Part II. The years of accidental invasion. 3. Reconstructing invasion histories from European shipping records (1769-1900) and genetics (since 2000) ; 4. European rats (since 1769) ; 5. House mice (since about 1792) ; 6. Cats (1769-1900)
- Part III. The years of deliberate introduction. 7. Rabbits (1860-1900) ; 8. Ferrets (1852-1892) ; 9. Stoats and weasels (1876-1883) ; 10. Stoats and weasels (1883-1892) ; 11. Lucky escapes and nasty surprises (1884-1920)
- Part IV. 4. What now? 12. Hard lessons in pest management (1976-2019)
- Appendix: List of species mentioned in the text.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9783030321376
- 3030321371
- OCLC:
- 1114890549
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