Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

PART I: NATURAL HISTORY OF SEABIRD ISLANDS
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Seabird Islands
W.B. Anderson and C.P.H. Mulder
Chapter 2: Seabirds as Ecosystem Engineers: Nutrient Inputs and Physical Disturbance
J.L. Smith, C.P.H. Mulder, and J.C. Ellis
Chapter 3: Impacts of Introduced Predators on Seabirds
D.R. Towns, G.V. Byrd, H.P. Jones, M.J. Rauzon, J.C. Russell, and C. Wilcox
Chapter 4: Direct Impacts of Seabird Predators on Island Biota Other Than Seabirds
D.R. Drake, T.W. Bodey, J.C. Russell, D.R. Towns, M. Nogales, and L. Ruffino

PART II: CROSS-SYSTEM COMPARISONS OF ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS
Chapter 5: Impacts of Seabirds on Plant and Soil Properties
C.P.H. Mulder, H. Jones, K. Kameda, C. Palmborg, S. Schmidt, J.C. Ellis, J L. Orrock, D.A. Wait, D.A. Wardle, L. Yang, H. Young, D.A. Croll, and E. Vidal
Chapter 6: Effects of Seabirds on Plant Communities
J.C. Ellis, P.J. Bellingham, E.K. Cameron, D.A. Croll, G.S. Kolb, C. Kueffer, G.H. Mittelhauser, S. Schmidt, E. Vidal, and D.A. Wait
Chapter 7: Effects of Seabirds on Island Consumers
G.S. Kolb, H.S. Young, and W.B. Anderson
Chapter 8: Effects of Seabird-Derived Nutrients on Aquatic Systems
H.S. Young, L. Hurrey, and G.S. Kolb
Chapter 9: Indirect Effects of Introduced Predators on Seabird Islands
J.C. Russell

PART III: RESTORATION OF SEABIRD ISLANDS
Chapter 10: Eradication of Invasive Seabird Predators on Seabird islands
P. Dunlevy, S.E. Ebbert, J.C. Russell, and D.R. Towns
Chapter 11: Recovery and Restoration on Seabird Islands
H. Jones, D.R. Towns, T. Bodey, C. Miskelly, J.C. Ellis, M. Rauzon, S. Kress, and M. McKown
Chapter 12: The Social Dimension - Public Involvement in Seabird Island Restoration
D.R. Towns, A. Aguirre Muñoz, S.W. Kress, P.J. Hodum, A.A. Burbidge, and A. Saunders
Chapter 13: The State of Seabird Island Ecology: Current Synthesis and Global Outlook
M.S. Durrett and C.P.H. Mulder

Appendix A: Descriptions of Focal Island Systems
Appendix B: Seabird species
Appendix C: Seabird predators
Glossary
Index

About the Author

Christa Mulder is a plant ecologist who works primarily on plant-animal interactions, including muskox grazing in the Canadian Arctic, goose herbivory on saltmarsh plants in Alaska, and the impacts of seabirds on islands in New Zealand. She is Associate Professor in Ecology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Wendy Anderson is a community ecologist who studies plant-nutrient interactions on spring ephemeral herbs in deciduous forests, and food webs on islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico and the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. She is currently a Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri.

David Towns is a conservation biologist studying the effects of invasive pests, methods and effectiveness of pest removals, and restoration of natural communities on islands around New Zealand. He is a Senior Scientist with the Department of Conservation and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Peter Bellingham is a forest ecologist who studies the consequences of disturbance and biological invasions for plant community dynamics and ecosystem function, including hurricane and typhoon effects in rain forests, and seabird and rat effects on islands. He is a research scientist at Landcare Research in Lincoln, near Christchurch, New Zealand.