Exotic species that invade remote islands, usually following human settlement, have had
catastrophic effects on native biota. However, on islands it is increasingly feasible to …

Like many oceanic islands, World Heritage listed Lord Howe Island (LHI), 760 km north-east
of Sydney (Australia), has populations of invasive rodents. The house mouse (Mus …

Introduced species of mammals have now been removed from many islands around New
Zealand, thus providing singular opportunities for ecological restoration. If island restoration …

Abstract Lord Howe Island (LHI) is a World Heritage listed volcanic remnant island, 600 km
from mainland Australia. Home to many threatened endemic species, and an important …

Simple Summary Efforts are underway to restore the largest island in Western Australia to an
ecological state similar to how it was when Europeans first visited the island in 1616. This …

After three centuries of anthropogenic insults, island species and communities are in the
forefront of the precipitous decline in biodiversity that we face in the new millennium. The …

Recent proposals to rewild continental ecosystems with taxon substitutes–replacing extinct
species with extant analogues–have met with controversy, chiefly because the involved …

The United Nations, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has
proclaimed 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. This has led to numerous …

Aim Success with eradicating invasive species from islands around New Zealand raises the
prospect of reversing the loss of species by restoring biotic communities on modified islands …

New Zealand's offshore and outlying islands have long been a focus of conservation biology
as sites of local endemism and as last refuges for many species. During the c. 730 years …