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Tropical island recovery : Cousine Island, Seychelles / Michael Samways [and others].

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: xii, 245 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1444333097
  • 9781444333091
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.7209696 22
LOC classification:
  • QH77.S45 T76 2010
Contents:
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.
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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.

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