Title Restoring the oceanic island ecosystem : impact and management of invasive alien species in the Bonin Islands / Kazuto Kawakami, Isamu Okochi, editors

Published Tokyo : Springer-Verlag, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) Contents The Bonin Islands -- What's the Bonin Islands? -- Impacts of Invasive Alien Species -- Impacts of Invasive Alien Species on Native Ecosystems on the Bonin Islands -- The cause of mollusk decline on the Ogasawara Islands -- Rapid decline of endemic snails in the Ogasawara Islands, Western Pacific Ocean -- Food habit of Platydemus manokwari De Beauchamp, 1962 (Tricladida: Terricola: Rhynchodemidae), known as a predatory flatworm of land snails in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan -- High Predation Pressure by an Introduced Flatworm on Land Snails on the Oceanic Ogasawara Islands -- Potential impacts of the invasive flatworm Platydemus manokwari on arboreal snails -- Impacts of Predation by the Invasive Black Rat Rattus rattus on the Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii in the Bonin Islands, Japan -- Morphological and ecological shifts in a land snail caused by the impact of an introduced predator -- Bird predation by domestic cats on Hahajima Island, Bonin Islands, Japan -- Feral cat predation on seabirds on Hahajima, the Bonin Islands, Southern Japan -- High population densities of an exotic lizard, Anolis carolinensisand its possible role as a pollinator in the Ogasawara Islands. -- Why have endemic pollinators declined on the Ogasawara Islands? -- Vegetation changes between 1978, 1991 and 2003 in the Nakoudojima island that had been disturbed by feral goats -- Seed and seedling demography of invasive and native trees of subtropical Pacific islands -- Effects of an alien shrub species, Leucaena leucocephala, on establishment of native mid-successional tree species after disturbance in the national park in the Chichijima island, a subtropical oceanic island -- Countermeasure Against Invasive Species -- Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Bonin Islands -- Species Diversity and Conservation of Mandarina, an Endemic Land Snail of the Ogasawara Islands -- Hot water tolerance of soil animals: utility of hot water immersion in preventing invasions of alien soil animals -- Endemic Insects in the Ogasawara Islands: Negative Impacts of Alien Species and a Potential Mitigation Strategy -- A decrease in endemic odonates in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan -- Ecology and Control of the Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis), an Invasive Alien Species on the Ogasawara Islands -- Eradication and Ecosystem Impacts of Rats in the Ogasawara Islands -- Eradication of the Invasive Tree Species Bischofia javanica and Restoration of Native Forests on the Ogasawara Islands -- Predicting future invasion of an invasive alien tree in a Japanese oceanic island by process-based statistical models using recent distribution maps -- Beetle responses to artificial gaps in an oceanic island forest: implications for invasive tree management to conserve endemic species diversity -- Implications for Island Ecosystem Management -- Reconstruction of the Ecosystem in the Bonin Islands Summary The Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, part of a remote Japanese archipelago, are a typical hot spot of biological invasion. This book provides an overview of the research findings and countermeasures necessary for the successful management of island ecosystems. It is useful to scientists, researchers, students, and policy makers Analysis invasies invasions ecosystemen ecosystems natuurbescherming nature conservation ecologie ecology biodiversiteit biodiversity japan ecologisch herstel ecological restoration Nature Conservation Natuurbescherming Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and subject index Notes Print version record Subject Introduced organisms -- Japan -- Bonin Islands Introduced organisms -- Control -- Japan -- Bonin Islands Island ecology. Pests -- Control. Ecology. Introduced Species Pest Control Islands Ecology pest control. ecology. Introduced organisms -- Japan -- Bonin Islands. Introduced organisms -- Control -- Japan -- Bonin Islands. Island ecology. Science : Biology -- Natural History. Science. Biomédecine. Sciences de la vie. Pests -- Control Ecology Introduced organisms Island ecology SUBJECT Japan Tokyo Subject Japan -- Bonin Islands Form Electronic book Author Kawakami, Kazuto Okochi, Isamu LC no. 2009943062 ISBN 9784431538592 4431538593

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