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Invasive Predators in New Zealand: Disaster on Four Small Paws (Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History) - Hardcover

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King, Carolyn M.

 
9783030321376: Invasive Predators in New Zealand: Disaster on Four Small Paws (Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3030321371 ISBN 13: 9783030321376
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

The story of invasive species in New Zealand is unlike any other in the world. By the mid-thirteenth century, the main islands of the country were the last large landmasses on Earth to remain uninhabited by humans, or any other land mammals. New Zealand’s endemic fauna evolved in isolation until first Polynesians, and then Europeans, arrived with a host of companion animals such as rats and cats in tow. Well-equipped with teeth and claws, these small furry mammals, along with the later arrival of stoats and ferrets, have devastated the fragile populations of unique birds, lizards and insects. Carolyn M. King brings together the necessary historical analysis and recent ecological research to understand this long, slow tragedy. As a comprehensive historical perspective on the fate of an iconic endemic fauna, this book offers much-needed insight into one of New Zealand’s longest-running national crises. 

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Carolyn M. King is an international authority on the biology of mustelids and rodents. Her research experience ranges from native weasels at Oxford to introduced stoats, rats and mice in New Zealand, where official management of invasive predators has long been informed by her books, papers and university teaching.  

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The story of invasive species in New Zealand is unlike any other in the world. By the mid-thirteenth century, the main islands of the country were the last large landmasses on Earth to remain uninhabited by humans, or any other land mammals. New Zealand’s endemic fauna evolved in isolation until first Polynesians, and then Europeans, arrived with a host of companion animals such as rats and cats in tow. Well-equipped with teeth and claws, these small furry mammals, along with the later arrival of stoats and ferrets, have devastated the fragile populations of unique birds, lizards and insects. Carolyn M. King brings together the necessary historical analysis and recent ecological research to understand this long, slow tragedy. As a comprehensive historical perspective on the fate of an iconic endemic fauna, this book offers much-needed insight into one of New Zealand’s longest-running national crises. 

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Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3030321371
ISBN 13 
9783030321376
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
377
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