Invasive Predators in New Zealand Disaster on Four Small Paws /
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| Summary: | XXXIV, 343 p. 40 illus., 30 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32138-3 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- I. The Years before Cook
- 1. Introduction (82 million years ago to AD 1280)
- 2. The Māori Era (1280–1769)
- II. The Years of Accidental Invasions
- 3. Reconstructing Invasion Histories from European Shipping Records (1769–1900) and Genetics (since 2000)
- 4. European Rats (1769)
- 5. House Mice (since about 1792)
- 6. Cats (1769–1900)
- III. The Years of Deliberate Introductions
- 7. Rabbits (1858–1900)
- 8. Ferrets (1852–1892)
- 9. Stoats and Weasels (1876–1883)
- 10. Stoats and Weasels (1883–1892)
- 11. Lucky Escapes and Nasty Surprises (1884–1920)
- IV. What Now?
- 12. Hard Lessons in Pest Management (1976–2019).