Seabird islands
Subtitle: ecology, invasion, and restoration
By: edited by Christa P.H. Mulder ... [et al.].
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780199735693
Subjects: Sea birds; Ecology; Conservation; Island ecology; Island animals
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to seabird islands / W.B. Anderson and C.P.H. Mulder; title: Seabirds as ecosystem engineers : nutrient inputs and physical disturbance / J.L. Smith, C.P.H. Mulder, and J.C. Ellis; title: Impacts of introduced predators on seabirds / D.R. Towns ... [et al.]; title: Direct impacts of seabird predators on island biota other than seabirds / D.R. Drake ... [et al.]; title: Impacts of seabirds on plant and soil properties / C.P.H. Mulder ... [et al.]; title: Effects of seabirds on plant communities / J.C. Ellis ... [et al.]; title: Effects of seabirds on island consumers / G.S. Kolb, H.S. Young, and W.B. Anderson; title: Effects of seabird-derived nutrients on aquatic systems / H.S. Young, L. Hurrey, and G.S. Kolb; title: Indirect effects of introduced predators on seabird islands / J.C. Russell; title: Eradication of invasive seabird predators on seabird islands / P. Dunlevy ... [et al.]; title: Recovery and restoration on seabird islands / H.P. Jones ... [et al.]; title: The social dimension - public involvement in seabird island restoration / D.R. Towns ... [et al.]; title: The state of seabird island ecology : current synthesis and global outlook / M.S. Durrett and C.P.H. Mulder; title: Appendix A. Descriptions of focal island systems; title: Appendix B. Seabird species; title: Appendix C. Seabird predators.