Rescue of the Seychelles warbler on Cousin Island, Seychelles: The role of habitat restoration

Biological Conservation

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-26

  Komdeur, Jan ^a   Pels, Mariëtte D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Centraal Meldpunt Zorg Stad G   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buffer population; Demography; Effective breeding population; Genetic resilience; Habitat restoration; Population saturation; Seychelles warbler

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

COUSIN ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; SEYCHELLES; WORLD;

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; SCAEVOLA TACCADA;

EID: 15744398088     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. I.J. Abbott, and R. Black Changes in species composition of floras on islets near Perth, Western Australia Journal of Biogeography 7 1980 399 410
2. F. Achard, H.D. Eva, H.-J. Stibig, P. Mayaux, J. Gallego, T. Richards, and J-P. Malingreau Determination of deforestation rates of the world's humid tropical forests Science 297 2002 999 1002
3. Bathe, G.M., Bathe, H.V., 1982. Territory size and habitat requirements of the Seychelles brush warbler Acrocephalus (Bebrornis) sechellensis. International Council for Bird Preservation, Internal Report, Cambridge, UK
4. Bullock, I.D., 1989. Aride Island, Nature Reserve. Scientific report, Part 1: Climate, Vegetation and Insects. Royal Society for Nature Conservation, UK
5. T.J. Brandeis, M. Newton, G.M. Filip, and E.C. Cole Cavity-nester habitat development in artificially made douglas-fir snags Journal of Wildlife Management 66 2002 625 633
6. T.M. Brooks, S.L. Pimm, and N.J Collar Deforestation predicts the number of threatened birds in insular Southern Asia Conservation Biology 11 1997 382 394
7. T.M. Brooks, S.L. Pimm, and J.O. Oyugi Time lag between deforestation and bird extinction in tropical forest fragments Conservation Biology 13 1999 1140 1150
8. Clark, M.R., Dingwall, P.R., 1985. Conservation of Islands in the Southern Ocean. A Review of the Protected Areas of Insulantarctica, IUCN. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
9. J.R. Clemmons, and R. Buchholz Behavioral approaches to conservation in the wild 1997 Cambridge University Press Cambridge,UK
10. Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J., 1995. Birds to Watch 2: The World List of Threatened Birds. IUCN/Birdlife International, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C
11. N.J. Collar, and S.N. Stuart Threatened birds of Africa and related islands The ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book, Part 1 1985 International Council for Bird Preservation Cambridge
12. N.J. Collar, and S.N. Stuart Threatened birds of Africa and related islands The ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book, Part 1 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington, D.C
13. Q.C.B. Cronk Islands: stability, diversity, conservation Biodiversity and Conservation 6 1997 477 493
14. Crook, J. H., 1960. The present status of certain rare landbirds of the Seychelles Islands. Seychelles Government Bulletin, 1960
15. Diamond, A.W., 1980. Seasonality, population structure and breeding ecology of the Seychelles Brush Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis. In: Proceedings of the Fourth Pan-African Ornithological Congress, pp. 253-266
16. J.M. Diamond Flightlessness and fear of flying in island species Nature 293 1981 507 508
17. J.M. Diamond Historic extinctions: their mechanisms, and lessons for understanding prehistoric extinctions P.S. Martin R.G. Klein Quaternary Extinctions Conservation for the Twenty-first Century 1984 Oxford University Press, University of Arizona Press Oxford, Tucson 824 862
18. J. Ekman, S. Eggers, M. Griesser, and H. Tegelström Queuing for preferred territories: delayed dispersal of Siberian jays Journal of Animal Ecology 70 2001 317 324
19. R. Frankham Inbreeding and extinction: a threshold effect Conservation Biology 9 1995 792 799
20. B. Griffith, J.M. Scott, J.W. Carpenter, and C. Reed Translocations as a species conservation tool: status and strategy Science 245 1989 477 480
21. D. Heg, B.E. Ens, H.P. van der Jeugd, and L.W. Bruinzeel Local dominance and territorial settlement of nonbreeding oystercatchers Behaviour 137 2000 473 530
22. IUCN, 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org
23. J.A. Jimenez, K.A. Hughes, G. Alaks, L. Graham, and R.C. Lacy An experimental study of inbreeding depression in a natural habitat Science 266 1994 271 273
24. L.F. Keller, P. Arcese, J.N.M. Smith, W.M. Hochachka, and C.S. Stearns Selection against inbred song sparrows during a natural population bottleneck Nature 373 1994 356 357
25. W.B. King Island birds: will the future repeat the past? P.J. Moors Conservation of Island Birds 3 1985 ICBP Technical Publication Cambridge 3 16
26. H. Kokko, and W.J. Sutherland Optimal floating and queuing strategies: consequences for density dependence and habitat loss American Naturalist 152 1998 354 366
27. Komdeur, J., 1991. Cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler. PhD dissertation, University of Cambridge, UK
28. J. Komdeur Importance of habitat saturation and territory quality for evolution of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler Nature 358 1992 493 495
29. J. Komdeur Conserving the Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis by translocation from Cousin Island to the islands of Aride and Cousine Biological Conservation 67 1994 143 152
30. J. Komdeur Experimental evidence for helping and hindering by previous offspring in the cooperative breeding Seychelles warbler Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 34 1994 175 186
31. J. Komdeur Influence of age on reproductive performance in the Seychelles warbler Behavioral Ecology 7 1996 417 425
32. J. Komdeur Daughters on request - about helpers in the Seychelles warbler Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 270 2003 3 11
33. J. Komdeur, T. Piersma, K. Kraaijeveld, F. Kraaijeveld-Smit, and D.S. Richardson Why Seychelles warblers fail to recolonize nearby islands: unwilling or unable to fly there? Ibis 146 2004 298 302
34. Loustau-Lalanne, P., 1968. The Seychelles, Cousin Island Nature Reserve. International Council for Bird Preservation, Internal Report, Cambridge, UK
35. A.E. Lugo Reconstructing hurricane passages over forests: a tool for understanding multiple scale responses to disturbance Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10 1995 98 99
36. M. Lynch, and M. O'Hely Captive breeding and the genetic fitness of natural populations Conservation Genetics 2 2001 363 378
37. E. Mayr, and J. Diamond The birds of Northern Melanesia Speciation, Ecology, and Biogeography 2001 Oxford University Press New York
38. T. Micol, and P. Jouventin Restoration of Amsterdam Island, South Indian Ocean, following control of feral cattle Biological Conservation 73 1995 199 206
39. L. Nunney, and K.A. Campbell Assessing minimum viable population size: demography meets population genetics Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8 1993 234 239
40. I. Olivieri, D. Couver, and P.H. Gouyon The genetics of transient populations: research at the metapopulation level Trends in Ecology and Evolution 5 1990 207 210
41. J. Overpack, C. Whitlock, and B. Huntley K. Alverson R. Bradley T. Pedersen Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future 2002 Springer Berlin 81 103
42. P.C. Parker, and T.A. Waite Mating systems, effective population size, and conservation of natural populations J.R. Clemmons R. Buchholz Behavioral Approaches to Conservation in the Wild 1997 Cambridge University Press Cambridge, UK 243 261
43. Phillips, N.J., 1984a. Spatial relationships of Pisonia grandis and Cocos nucifera. International Council for Bird Preservation, Internal Report, Cambridge, UK
44. Phillips, N.J., 1984b. Seasonal and locational differences in the breeding success of the Seychelles brush warbler Bebrornis seychellensis. International Council for Bird Preservation, Internal Report, Cambridge, UK
45. S.L. Pimm The Balance of Nature: Ecological Issues in the Conservation for Species and Communities 1991 University of Chicago Press Chicago
46. J.A. Pounds, and R. Puschendorf Clouded futures Nature 427 2004 107 108
47. B.D. Solomon Impending recovery of Kirtland's warbler: case study in the effectiveness of the endangered species act Environmental Management 22 1998 9 17
48. SPSS 11.0., 2001. SPSS Inc. Chicago, USA
49. A.J. Stattersfield, and D.R. Capper Threatened Birds of the World 2000 Birdlife International, Lynx Editions and BirdLife Barcelona and Cambridge, UK
50. C.D. Thomas, A. Cameron, R.E. Green, M. Bakkenes, L.J. Beaumont, Y.C. Collingham, B.F.N. Erasmus, M.F. Siqueira, A. de Grainger, L. Hannah, L. Hughes, B. Huntley, A.S. van Jaarsveld, G.F. Midgley, L. Miles, M.A. Ortega-Huerta, A.T. Petersen, O.L. Phillips, and S.E. Williams Extinction risk from climate change Nature 427 2004 145 148
51. D. Vesey-Fitzgerald The birds of the Seychelles 1: the endemic birds Ibis 14 1940 480 489
52. R.J. Whittaker Disturbed island ecology Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10 1995 421 425
53. World Conservation Monitoring Centre Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's Living Resources 1992 Chapman and Hall London