Tropical island recovery : Cousine Island, Seychelles /
Samways, Michael J.,
Tropical island recovery : Cousine Island, Seychelles / Michael Samways [and others]. - xii, 245 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cousine Island in a world context -- Cousine as a Seychelles island -- Cousine Island's conservation significance in a nutshell -- How humans nearly pushed Cousine past the tipping point -- The changing seasons -- The lie of the land -- Cousine's rocks, soils and sand -- The moody sea -- Cousine's green carpet -- Cousine's woody cloak -- Cousine's vegetation reprieve -- Sponges, corals and the great bleaching event -- Life in the shallow sea: from shells to urchins -- Between sea and land: a variety of crabs -- Ecological webmasters: terrestrial invertebrates -- A rich tapestry of fish life -- Cousine as a haven for turtles -- Of tortoises, lizards and snakes -- Overcoming the extinction of experience: sea bird haven -- Aquatic and shore birds -- A truly successful story: endemic land birds -- The welcome and the unwelcome: vagrant and alien birds -- Visiting mammals to Cousine -- Cousine Island in the world today, and its future -- Scientific summary -- List of species recorded on and around Cousine.
1444333097 9781444333091
Nature conservation--Seychelles--Cousin
Island ecology.
Biodiversity--Seychelles--Cousin
Ecotourism--Seychelles--Cousin
QH77.S45 / T76 2010
333.7209696
Tropical island recovery : Cousine Island, Seychelles / Michael Samways [and others]. - xii, 245 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cousine Island in a world context -- Cousine as a Seychelles island -- Cousine Island's conservation significance in a nutshell -- How humans nearly pushed Cousine past the tipping point -- The changing seasons -- The lie of the land -- Cousine's rocks, soils and sand -- The moody sea -- Cousine's green carpet -- Cousine's woody cloak -- Cousine's vegetation reprieve -- Sponges, corals and the great bleaching event -- Life in the shallow sea: from shells to urchins -- Between sea and land: a variety of crabs -- Ecological webmasters: terrestrial invertebrates -- A rich tapestry of fish life -- Cousine as a haven for turtles -- Of tortoises, lizards and snakes -- Overcoming the extinction of experience: sea bird haven -- Aquatic and shore birds -- A truly successful story: endemic land birds -- The welcome and the unwelcome: vagrant and alien birds -- Visiting mammals to Cousine -- Cousine Island in the world today, and its future -- Scientific summary -- List of species recorded on and around Cousine.
1444333097 9781444333091
Nature conservation--Seychelles--Cousin
Island ecology.
Biodiversity--Seychelles--Cousin
Ecotourism--Seychelles--Cousin
QH77.S45 / T76 2010
333.7209696