Tropical island recovery : Cousine Island, Seychelles / Michael Samways [and others].
Material type: TextPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: xii, 245 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1444333097
- 9781444333091
- 333.7209696 22
- QH77.S45 T76 2010
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 333.7209696 TRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A453725B |
Browsing City Campus shelves, Shelving location: City Campus Main Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
333.720922 CAN New Zealand nature heroes / | 333.72094 PRO Protected areas and regional development in Europe : towards a new model for the 21st century / | 333.720941 ADA Future nature : a vision for conservation / | 333.7209696 TRO Tropical island recovery : Cousine Island, Seychelles / | 333.720973 DUN Natural visions : the power of images in American environmental reform / | 333.720973 HAQ Environmentalism since 1945 / | 333.72099 BLA Maori participation in environmental mediation / |
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.
Machine converted from AACR2 source record.
There are no comments on this title.