Scientific and ethic issues on the restoration of island ecosystems. The eradication of introduced mammals in the Subantarctic islands;Questions scientifiques et éthiques relatives à la restauration des systèmes insulaires. L'éradication des mammifères introduits dans les îles subantarctiques françaises

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 291-303

  Barnaud, G ^a   Chapuis, J L ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Alien mammals; Eradication; Ethics; Restoration; Subantarctic islands

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL;

EID: 0030318078     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (80)

1. ADSERSEN H., 1995. Research on islands : classic, recent and prospective approaches. In Biological diversity and ecosystem function. Edited by P.M. Vitousek, L.L. Loope and H. Adsersen, Ecological Studies 115, Springer-Verlag, 1-4.
2. ARONSON J., FLORET C., LE FLOC'H E., OVALLE C. and R. PONTANIER, 1993a. Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems in arid and semi-arid lands. I. A view from the South. Restoration Ecology 1 : 8-17.
3. AS S., BENGTSSON J. and T. EBENHARD, 1992. Archipelagos and theories of insularity. In Ecologi cal Principles of nature conservation. Applications in Temperate and boreal environments. Edited by L. Hansson, Elsevier, London, 201-251.
4. ATKINSON I.A.E., 1988. Presidential address : opportunities for ecological restoration. N.Z. J. Ecol. 11 : 1-12.
5. ATKINSON I.A.E., 1989. Introduced animals and extinction. In Conservation for the twenty-first century. Edited by D. Western and M.C. Pearl, Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 54-79.
6. ATKINSON I.A.E., 1990. Ecological restoration on islands : prerequisites for success. In Ecological restoration of New Zealand Islands. Edited by D.R. Towns, C.H. Daugherty and I.A.E. Atkinson, Conservation sciences publication n° 2, 73-82.
7. ATKINSON I.A.E. and E.K. CAMERON, 1993. Human influence on the terrestrial biota and biotic communities of New Zealand. TREE 8 : 447-451.
8. BARNAUD G., 1995. A l'interface de la pratique et de la théorie : l'écologie de la restauration. Colloque «Recréer la nature», Marais d'Orx, 17-19 mai 1994. Natures, Sciences, Sociétés 3 : 38-52.
9. BERGER J.J., 1990. Introduction. In Environmental restoration. Science and strategies for restoring the Earth. Edited by J.J. BERGER, Island Press, Washington, XV-XXIV.
10. BLONDEL J., 1986. Biogéographie évolutive. Masson, Paris, 221 p.
11. BOURZAT D. et J.P. MONIÉ, 1977. Evaluation des pâturages aux îles Kerguelen. Mémoire ITA, Institut National de Promotion Supérieure Agricole, Dijon, 105 p.
12. BOUSSÈS P., 1991. Biologie de population d'un vertébré phytophage introduit, le lapin (Oryctolagus cuniculus) dans les îles subantarctiques de Kerguelen. Thèse, Univ. Rennes I, 262 p.
13. BOUSSÈS P., ARTHUR C.P. et J.L CHAPUIS, 1988. Rôle du facteur trophique sur la biologie des populations de lapins Oryctolagus cuniculus des îles Kerguelen. Rev. Ecol. (Terre Vie) 43 : 329-43.
14. BRADSHAW A.D., 1984. Ecological principles and land reclamation practice. Landscape Planning 11 : 35-48.
15. BROTHERS N.P., EBERHARD I.E., COPSON G.R. and I.J. SKIRA, 1982. Control of rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus on Macquarie Island Australia by myxomatosis. Aust. Wildl, Res. 9 : 477-485.
16. CAIRNS J. Jr, 1993. Determining desirable levels of ecosystem services per capita. J. Aquatic Ecosys. Health 2 : 237-242.
17. CAIRNS J. Jr, 1990. Some factors affecting management strategies for restoring earth. In Science and strategies for restoring the Earth. Environmental restoration. Edited by J.J. Berger, Island Press, Washington, 347-351.
18. CHAPUIS J.L., 1995. Restoration of two islands by eradication of the rabbit (Kerguelen archipelago). In Progress in Conservation of the Subantarctic Islands, Edited by P. Dingwal, IUCN, Gland, 157-159.
19. CHAPUIS J.L. et G. BARNAUD, 1995. Restauration d'îles de l'archipel de Kerguelen par eradication du lapin (Oryctolagus cuniculus) : méthode d'intervention appliquée sur l'île Verte. Rev. Ecol. (Terre Vie) 50 : 377-390.
20. CHAPUIS J.L., BARNAUD G., BIORET R, LEBOUVIER M. et M. PASCAL, 1995. L'éradication des espèces introduites, un préalable à la restauration des milieux insulaires. Cas des îles Françaises. Colloque «Recréer la nature», Marais d'Orx, 17-19 mai 1994. Nat.-Sci.-Sociétés 3 (h. s.) : 53-67.
21. CHAPUIS J.L., BIJLENGA G. et J. CHANTAL, 1994b. La myxomatose dans les îles subantarctiques de Kerguelen, en l'absence de vecteurs, trente années après son introduction. C.R. Ac. Sci. Paris 317 :174-182.
22. CHAPUIS J.L., BOUSSÈS P. et G. BARNAUD, 1994a. Alien mammals, impact and management in the French Subantarctic Islands. Biol. Conserv. 67 : 97-104.
23. COBLENTZ B.E., 1990. Exotic organisms : a dilemma for conservation biology. Conserv. Biol. 4 : 261-265.
24. CUSHMANN J.H., 1995. Ecosystem-level consequences of species additions and deletions on islands. In Biological diversity and ecosystem function. Edited by P.M. Vitousek, L.L. Loope and H. Adsersen, Ecological Studies 115, Springer-Verlag, 135-147.
25. DIAMOND J.M., 1990. New Zealand as an archipelago : an international perspective. In Ecological restoration of New Zealand Islands. Edited by D.R. Towns, C.H. Daugherty and I.A.E. Atkinson. Conserv. sei. publ. n° 2 : 3-8.
26. DIAMOND J.M., 1987. Reflections on goals and on the relationship between theory and practice. In Restoration ecology. A synthetic approach to ecological research. Edited by W.R. Jordan III, M.E. Gilpin and J.D. Aber, Cambridge Univ. Press, 329-336.
27. e édition), 543 p.
28. EBENHARD T., 1988. Introduced birds and mammals and their ecological effects. Viltrevy 13 : 5-107.
29. EHRENFELD D., 1989. Hard times for diversity. In Conservation for the twenty-first century. Edited by D. Western and M.C. Pearl, Oxford Univ. Press, 247-250.
30. ELIASSON U., 1995. Patterns of diversity in island plants. In Biological diversity and ecosystem function. Edited by P.M. Vitousek, L.L. Loope. and H. Adsersen. Ecological Studies 115, Springer-Verlag, 35-50.
31. ELTON C.S., 1958. The ecology of invasions by animals and plants. Butler and Tanner Ltd, London.
32. FABIANI J.L., 1995. Les récréateurs de la nature. Enjeu et justification d'une pratique paradoxale. Colloque «Recréer la nature», Marais d'Orx, 17-19 mai 1994. Natures-Sciences-Sociétés 3 (h. s.) (sous presse).
33. FENGER M.A., MILLER E.H., JOHNSON J.A. and J.R. WILLIAMS, 1993. Our living legacy. Proceedings of a symposium on biological diversity. Royal British Columbia Museum (Canada), 387 p.
34. FURET L., 1989. Régime alimentaire et distribution du chat haret Felis catus sur l'île Amsterdam. Rev. Ecol. (Terre Vie) 44 : 33-45.
35. GUNN A.S., 1991. The restoration of species and natural environments. Environm. Ethics 13 : 291-310.
36. JACKSON L.L., 1992. The role of ecological restoration in conservation biology. In The theory and practice of nature conservation preservation and management, Edited by P.L. Fiedler and S.K. Jain, Chapman and Hall, New York : 433-449.
37. JAIN S.K. and P.L. FIEDLER, 1992. Epilogue. In The theory and practice of nature conservation preservation and management, Edited by P.L. Fiedler and S.K. Jain, Chapman and Hall, New York, 471-481.
38. JORDAN III W.R., 1988. Restoration ecology : a synthetic approach to ecological research. In Rehabilitating damaged ecosystems, Edited by J. Cairns, CRC Press. Inc., Florida: 13-21.
39. JOUVENTIN P. et J.P. ROUX, 1983. Projet de réhabilitation écologique de l'île Amsterdam. T.A.A.F., Paris, 37 p.
40. LÉSEL R., 1967. Contribution à l'étude écologique de quelques mammifères importés aux îles Kerguelen. T.A.A.F. 38 : 3-40.
41. LOOPE L.L. and D. MUELLER-DOMBOIS, 1989. Characteristics of invaders islands, with special reference to Hawaii. In Biological invasions. A global perspective. Edited by J.A. Drake et al., SCOPE 37, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 257-280.
42. MAY R.M., 1973. Qualitative stability in model ecosystems. Ecology 54 : 638-641.
43. MERTON D.V., ATKINSON I.A.E., STRAHM W., JONES C., EMPSON R.A., MUNGROO Y, DULLOO E. and R. LEWIS, 1989. A management plan for the restoration of Round Island Mauritius. Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Minist. Agri. Fish. Nat. Res., Mauritius, 46 p.
44. MICOL T. et P. JOUVENTIN, 1995. Restoration of Amsterdam Island, South Indian Ocean, following control of feral cattle. Biol. Conserv. 73 : 199-206.
45. MOONEY H.A. and J.A. DRAKE, 1989. Biological invasions : a scope program overview. In Biological invasions. A global perspective. Edited by J.A. Drake et al., SCOPE 37, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 491-506.
46. MUELLER-DOMBOIS D., 1992. The formation of islands ecosystems. GeoJournal 28 : 293-296.
47. NORTON B.C., 1989. The cultural approach to conservation biology. In Conservation for the twenty-first century. Edited by D. Western and M.C. Pearl, Oxford University Press, 241-246.
48. NOSS R.F., 1991. Sustainability and wilderness. Conserv. Biol. 5 : 120-122.
49. NUNN P.D., 1994. Oceanic Island. The Natural Environment Series. Blackwell, Oxford, 413 p.
50. PEARL M.C., 1989. The human side of conservation. In Conservation for the twenty-first century. Edited by D. Western and M.C. Pearl, Oxford Univ. Press, 221-226.
51. PIMM S.L., 1986. Community stability and structure. In Conservation Biology. The science of scarcity and diversity. Edited by M.E. Soulé, Sinauer Associates, INC. Publishers, Sunderland, 309-329.
52. PIMM S.L., 1987. Determining the effects of introduced species. TREE 2 :106-108.
53. PIMM S.L., 1989. Theories of predicting success and impact of introduced species. In Biological invasions. A global perspective. Edited by J.A. Drake et al., SCOPE 37, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 351-367.
54. PIMM S.L., 1991. The balance of nature? Ecological issues in the conservation of species and communities. Univ. of Chicago Press, 434 p.
55. ROUGHGARDEN J. (1995). Vertebrate patterns islands. In Biological diversity and ecosystem function. Edited by P.M. Vitousek, L.L. Loope and H. Adsersen, Ecological Studies 115, Springer-Verlag : 51-56.
56. SHAFER C.L., 1990. Nature reserves. Island theory and conservation practice. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 189 p.
57. SIMBERLOFF D., 1990a. Reconstructing the ambiguous : can island ecosystems be restored. In Ecological restoration of New Zealand Islands. Edited by D.R. Towns, C.H. Daugherty and I.A.E. Atkinson, Conserv. Sci. Publ. 2 : 22-36.
58. SIMBERLOFF D., 1990b. Community effects of biological introductions and their implications for resto ration. In Ecological restoration of New Zealand Islands. Edited by D.R. Towns, C.H. Daugherty and I.A.E. Atkinson, Conserv. Sci. Publ. n° 2, 128-136.
59. SIMBERLOFF D., 1995. Why do introduced species appear to devastate islands more than mainland areas? Pacific Science 49 : 87-97.
60. SKIRA I.J., BROTHERS N.P. and G.R. COPSON, 1983. Establishment of the European rabbit flea Spilopsyllus cuniculi on Macquarie Island, Australia. Aust. Wild. Res. 10: 121-127.
61. SOULÉ M.E., 1990. The onslaught of alien species, and other challenges in the coming decades. Presidential address at the third annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Toronto, August II, 1989. Conserv. Biol. 4 : 233-239.
62. STEADMAN D.W., 1995. Prehistoric extinctions of Pacific islands birds : biodiversity meets zooarchaeology. Science 267 : 1123-1131.
63. STONE C.P., 1995. Toward ethical treatment of animals in Hawaii's natural areas. Pacific Science 49 : 98-108.
64. TEMPLE S.A., 1990. The nasty necessity : eradicating exotics. Conserv. Biol. 4 : 113-115.
65. TOLLU B., 1984. Le Puffin à pieds pâles (Puffinus carneipes) à l'île Saint-Paul (Océan Indien) : échec d'une colonisation. L'oiseau RFO 54 : 152-154.
66. TOWNS D.R. and A.E. ATKINSON, 1991. New Zealand's restoration ecology. New Scientist 130 : 30-33.
67. TOWNS D.R. and W.J. BALLANTINE, 1993. Conservation and restoration of New Zealand island ecosystems. TREE 8 : 452-457.
68. TOWNS D.R., DAUGHERTY C.H. and I.A.E. ATKINSON (eds.) 1990. Ecological restoration of New Zealand Islands. Conserv. Sci. Publ., n° 2, 320 p.
69. TOWNS D.R. and M. WILLIAMS, 1993. Single species conservation In New Zealand : towards a redefined conceptual approach. J. R. Soc. of New Zealand 23 : 61-78.
70. TOWNSEND C.R., 1991. Exotic species management and the need for a theory of invasion ecology, Guest editorial. N.Z. J. Ecol. 15 : 1-3.
71. TRÉHEN P., FRENOT Y., LEBOUVIER M. et P. VERNON, 1990. Invertebrate fauna and their role in the degradation of cattle dung at Amsterdam Island. In Antarctic Ecosystems. Ecological Change and Conservation, Edited by K.R. Kerry and G. Hempel, Springer-Verlag : 337-346.
72. USHER M.B., 1989. Ecological effects of controlling invasive terrestrial vertebrates. In Biological invasions. A global perspective, Edited by J.A. Drake et al., SCOPE 37, John Wiley & Sons : 463-489.
73. VEITCH C.R. and B.D. BELL, 1990. Eradication of introduced animals from the islands of New Zealand. In Ecological restoration of New Zealand Islands, Edited by D.R. Towns, C.H. Daugherty and I.A.E. Atkinson. Conserv. Sci. Publ. n° 2 : 137-143.
74. VITOUSEK P.M., 1986. Biological invasions and ecosystem properties : can species make a difference ? In Ecology of biological invasions of North America and Hawaii. Edited by H.A. Mooney and J.A. Drake. Ecological studies 58, Springer-Verlag, 163-176.
75. VITOUSEK P.M., 1988. Diversity and biological invasions of oceanic islands. In Biodiversity. Edited by E.O. Wilson and F.M. Peter, National Academy Press, Washington, 181-189.
76. VITOUSEK P.M., 1995. The Hawaiian islands as a model system for ecosystem studies. Pacific Science 49: 2-16.
77. VITOUSEK P.M., LOOPE L.L. and C.P. STONE, 1987. Introduced species in Hawaii : biological effects and opportunities for ecological research. TREE 2 : 224-227.
78. WESTERN D. and M.C. PEARL (eds), 1989. Conservation for the twenty-first century. Oxford Univ. Press, 353 p.
79. WESTMAN W.E., 1990. Managing for biodiversity : unresolved science and policy questions. Bioscience 40 : 26-33.
80. WODZICKI K. and S. WRIGHT, 1984. Introduced birds and mammals in New Zealand and their effect on the environment. Tuatara 27 : 77-104.