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Description: |
viii, 414 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. |
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At head of title: The IUCN Species Survival Commission. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Partial contents: Turning the tide of biological invasion: the potential for eradicating invasive species / M. N. Clout and C. R. Veitch -- Today Tiritiri Matangi, tomorrow the world! Are we aiming too low in invasives control? / D. Simberloff -- The eradication of alien mammals from five offshore islands, Mauritius, Indian Ocean / B. D. Bell -- The eradication of possums from Kapiti Island, New Zealand / K. P. Brown and G. H. Sherlev -- The impact of rabbit and goat eradication on the ecology of Round Island, Mauritius / D. J. Bullock, S. G. North, M. E. Dulloo, and M. Thorsen -- Control of invasive plants on the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand / G. J. Coulston -- Eradication planning for invasive alien animal species on islands -- the approach developed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation / P. L. Cromarty, K. G Broome, A. Cox, R. A. Empson, W. M. Hutchinson, and I. McFadden -- Changes in bird numbers on Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand, over the period of rat eradication / M. F. Graham and C. R. Veitch -- Kessler -- Alien plant and animal control and aspects of ecological restoration in a small 'mainland island': Wenderholm Regional Park, New Zealand / T. G. Lovegrove, C. H. Zeiler, B. S. Greene, B. W. Green, R. Gaastra, and A. D. MacArthur -- Eradication of Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) from Whenua Hou Nature Reserve (Codfish Island), Putauhinu and Rarotoka Islands, New d / P. J. McClelland -- Alien mammal eradication and quarantine on inhabited islands in the Seychelles / D. Merton, G. Climo, V. Laboudallon, S. Robert, and C. Mander -- Eradication of introduced Australian marsupials (brushtail possum and brushtailed rock wallaby) from Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands, New Zealand / S. C. Mowbray -- An attempt to eradicate feral goats from Lord Howe Island / J. P. Parkes, N. Macdonald, and G. Leaman -- A history of ground-based rodent eradication techniques developed in New Zealand, 1959-1993 / B. W. Thomas and R. H. Taylor -- Early detection of invasive weeds on islands / S. M. Timmins and H. Braithwaite -- Eradication of rabbits and mice from subantarctic Enderby and Rose Islands / N. Torr -- Interactions between geckos, honeydew scale insects and host plants revealed on islands in northern New Zealand, following eradication of introduced rats and rabbits / D. R. Towns -- Eradication of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and house mouse (Mus musculus) from Browns Island (Motukorea), Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand / C. R. Veitch -- Eradication of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and house mouse (Mus musculus) from Motuihe Island, New Zealand / C. R. Veitch -- Eradication of Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) from Fanal Island, New Zealand / C. R. Veitch -- Eradication of Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) from Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand / C R. Veitch -- Eradication of alien plants on Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand / C. J. West -- The evolution and execution of a plan for invasive weed eradication and control, Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand / S. H. Wotherspoon and J. A. Wotherspoon. |
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General Note: |
Includes papers and abstracts dealing with eradication of invasive species in Alaska, Australia, Baker Island, California, Christmas Island, Enderby and Rose Islands, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Howland Island, Japan, Jarvis Island, Laysan Island, Lord Howe Island, Mauritius, Mexico, Nauru, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Northern Mariana Islands, Saint-Paul Island, Seychelles, West Indies. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Includes papers and abstracts dealing with eradication of invasive species in Alaska, Australia, Baker Island, California, Christmas Island, Enderby and Rose Islands, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Howland Island, Japan, Jarvis Island, Laysan Island, Lord Howe Island, Mauritius, Mexico, Nauru, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Northern Mariana Islands, Saint-Paul Island, Seychelles, West Indies. |