Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Foreword to Chapter Four

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants

  • 1087 Accesses

Abstract

Elton featured isolated islands as particularly devastated by invasions, focusing on Easter Island, the Tristan da Cunha group, the Hawaiian chain, and New Zealand. Had he completed a second edition, he would have noted even greater impacts at least for Tristan de Cunha and Hawaii, as he had notes from publications on invasion impacts there from 1959 through 1970.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Abdelkrim, J., M. Pascal, and S. Samadi. 2007. Establishing causes of eradication failure based on genetics: case study of ship rat eradication in Ste. Anne archipelago. Conservation Biology 21: 719–730.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Beggs, J.R., E.G. Brockerhoff, J.C. Corley, M. Kenis, M. Masciocchi, F. Muller, Q. Rome, and C. Villemant. 2011. Ecological effects and management of invasive alien Vespidae. BioControl 56: 505–526.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Braga, R.R., L. Gómez-Aparicio, T. Hegers, J.R.S.Vitule, and J.M. Jeschke. 2018. Structuring evidence for invasional meltdown: broad support but with biases and gaps. Biological Invasions 20: 923–936.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Campbell, K. J., G.S. Baxter, P.J. Murray, B.E. Coblentz, and C.J. Donlan. 2007. Development of a prolonged estrus effect for use in Judas goats. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 102: 1–2,12–23. 

    Google Scholar 

  5. Carrion, V., C.J. Donlan, K.J. Campbell, C. Lavoie, and F. Cruz. 2011. Archipelago-wide island restoration in the Galapagos Islands: Reducing costs of invasive mammal eradication programs and reinvasion risk. PLoS ONE 6(5): e18835. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018835

    Google Scholar 

  6. Cowie, R.H. 2001. Can snails ever be effective and safe biocontrol agents? International Journal of Pest Management 47: 23–40.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Eckhardt, R.C. 1972. Introduced plants and animals in the Galápagos Islands. BioScience 22: 585–590.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Elton, C.S. 1944. The biological cost of modern transport. Journal of Animal Ecology 13: 87–88.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Estoup A., I.J. Wilson, C. Sullivan, J.-M. Cornuet, and C. Moritz. 2001. Inferring population history from microsatellite and enzyme data in serially introduced cane toads, Bufo marinus. Genetics 159: 1671–1687.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Fowler, A.C., J.M. Eadie, and A. Engilisi, Jr. 2009. Identification of endangered Hawaiian ducks (Anas wyvilliana), introduced North American mallards (A. platyrhynchos) and their hybrids using multilocus genotypes. Conservation Genetics 10: 1747–1758.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Green, P.T., D.J. O’Dowd, K.L. Abbott, M. Jeffery, K. Retallick, and R. MacNally. 2011. Invasional meltdown: Invader-invader mutualism facilitates a secondary invasion. Ecology 92: 1758–1768.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Hill, J.E. 1959. Rats and mice from the islands of Tristan da Cunha and Gough, South Atlantic Ocean. Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937–1938, No. 46.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Howarth, F G. 1983. Classical biological control: panacea or Pandora’s Box? Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 24: 239–244.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Hunt, T., and C. Lipo. 2011. The Statues that Walked. Free Press, NY.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Jones, H.P., N.D. Holmes, S.H.M. Butchart, B.R. Tershy, P.J. Kappes, et al. 2016. Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 113: 4033–4038.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Maunder, M., A. Culham, A. Bordeu, J. Allainguillaume, and M. Wilkinson. 1999. Genetic diversity and pedigree for Sophora toromiro (Leguminosae): a tree extinct in the wild. Molecular Ecology 8: 725–738.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Maunder, M., T. Upson, B. Spooner, and T. Kendle. 1995. Saint Helena: sustainable development and conservation of a highly degraded island ecosystem. Pp. 205–217 in: P.M. Vitousek, L.L. Loope, and H. Adsersen (eds.), Islands. Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Function. Springer, Berlin.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Meyer, W.M., III, N.W. Yeung, J. Slapcinsky, and K.A. Hayes. 2017. Two for one: inadvertent introduction of Euglandina species during a failed bio-control attempt. Biological Invasions 19: 1399–1405.

    Google Scholar 

  19. Mortensen, H.S., Y.L. Dupont, and J.M. Olesen. 2008. A snake in paradise: Disturbance of plant reproduction following extirpation of bird flower-visitors on Guam. Biological Conservation 141: 2146–2154.

    Google Scholar 

  20. Nicholson, A.J. 1950. Progress in the control of Hypericum by insects. Pp. 96–99 in: Eighth International Congress of Entomology. Axel B. Elfstroms Boktryckeri ab, Stockholm.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Pascal, M. 2011. Rats. Pp. 571–575 in: D. Simberloff and M. Rejmánek (eds.), Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions. University of California Press, Berkeley.

    Google Scholar 

  22. Ralph, C.J., S.G. Fancy, and T.D. Male. 1998. Demography of an introduced red-billed leiothrix population in Hawaii. Condor 100: 468–473.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Régnier, C., P. Bouchet, K.A. Hayes, N.W. Yeung, C.C. Christensen, D.J.D. Chung, B. Fontaine, and R.H. Cowie. 2015. Extinction in a hyperdiverse endemic Hawaiian land snail family and implications for the underestimation of invertebrate extinction. Conservation Biology 29: 1715–1723.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Rogers, H., J. Hille Ris Lambers, R. Miller, and J.J. Tewksbury. 2012. ‘Natural experiment’ demonstrates top-down control of spiders by birds on a landscape level. PLoS ONE. e43446. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043446.

    Google Scholar 

  25. Simberloff, D. 2006. Invasional meltdown 6 years later: important phenomenon, unfortunate metaphor, or both? Ecology Letters 9: 912–919.

    Google Scholar 

  26. Simberloff, D., and W. Boecklen. 1991. Patterns of extinction in the introduced Hawaiian avifauna: A reexamination of the role of competition. American Naturalist 138: 300–327.

    Google Scholar 

  27. Simberloff, D., and B. Von Holle. 1999. Positive interactions of nonindigenous species: invasional meltdown? Biological Invasions 1: 21–32.

    Google Scholar 

  28. Van Driesche, R., D. Simberloff, B. Blossey, C. Causton, M. Hoddle, C. Marks, K. Heinz, D. Wagner, and K. Warner (eds.). 2016. Integrating Biological Control into Conservation Practice. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK.

    Google Scholar 

  29. Vitousek, P.M., and L.P. Walker. 1989. Biological invasions by Myrica faya in Hawaii: plant demography, nitrogen fixation and ecosystem effects. Ecological Monographs 59: 247–265.

    Google Scholar 

  30. Wanless, R.M., A. Angle, R.J. Cuthbert, G.M. Hinton, and P.G. Ryan. 2007. Can predation by mice drive seabird extinctions? Biology Letters 3: 241–244.

    Google Scholar 

  31. Weber, P.W. 1956. Recent introductions for biological control in Hawaii. I. Proceedings, Hawaiian Entomological Society 16: 162–164.

    Google Scholar 

  32. Woodworth, B.L., C.T. Atkinson, D.A. LaPointe, P.J. Hart, C.S. Spiegel, E.J. Tweed, C. Henneman, J. LeBrun, T. Denette, R. DeMots, K.L. Kozar, D. Triglia, D. Lease, A. Gregor, T. Smith, and D. Duffy. 2005. Host population persistence in the face of introduced vector-borne diseases: Hawaii amakihi and avian malaria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 102: 1531–1536.

    Google Scholar 

  33. Wynne, J.J., E.C. Bernard, F.G. Howarth, S. Sommer, F.N. Soto-Adames, S. Taiti, E.L. Mockford, M. Horrocks, L. Pakarati, and V. Pakarati-Hotus. 2014. Disturbance relicts in a rapidly changing world: the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) factor. BioScience 64: 711–718.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Daniel Simberloff

  2. Redpath Museum and McGill School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Anthony Ricciardi

Authors
  1. Daniel Simberloff
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Anthony Ricciardi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Daniel Simberloff .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Simberloff, D., Ricciardi, A. (2020). Foreword to Chapter Four. In: The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34721-5_7

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation