Climate change adaptation in the world's best places: A wicked problem in need of immediate attention

J Perry - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Natural World Heritage (WH) sites are globally recognized as having universal
value, providing society with critical ecosystem services like biodiversity, clean water, and …

Oceanic islands and climate: using a multi-criteria model of drivers of change to select key conservation areas in Galapagos

D Escobar-Camacho, P Rosero, M Castrejón… - Regional Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The unique marine and terrestrial ecosystems of the Galapagos Islands are highly
vulnerable to human-based drivers of change, including the introduction of invasive species …

The economic benefits of invasive species management

N Hanley, M Roberts - People and Nature, 2019 - eprints.gla.ac.uk
Invasive species are known to cause significant negative impacts to ecosystems and to
people. In this paper, we outline the nature of these economic impacts, and then present a …

[图书][B] The new wild: why invasive species will be nature's salvation

F Pearce - 2016 - books.google.com
Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist A provocative exploration of the
“new ecology” and why most of what we think we know about alien species is wrong For a …

A global picture of biological invasion threat on islands

C Bellard, JF Rysman, B Leroy, C Claud… - Nature Ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Biological invasions are among the main drivers of biodiversity losses. As threats from
biological invasions increase, one of the most urgent tasks is to identify areas of high …

The next generation of rodent eradications: innovative technologies and tools to improve species specificity and increase their feasibility on islands

KJ Campbell, J Beek, CT Eason, AS Glen… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Rodents remain one of the most widespread and damaging invasive alien species on
islands globally. The current toolbox for insular rodent eradications is reliant on the …

Eradicating multiple invasive species on inhabited islands: the next big step in island restoration?

AS Glen, R Atkinson, KJ Campbell, E Hagen… - Biological …, 2013 - Springer
Invasive species are the greatest threat to island ecosystems, which harbour nearly half the
world's endangered biodiversity. However, eradication is more feasible on islands than on …

Economic costs of protecting islands from invasive alien species

TW Bodey, E Angulo, A Bang, C Bellard… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions represent a key threat to insular systems and have pronounced impacts
across environments and economies. The ecological impacts have received substantial …

[图书][B] Conservation

C Hambler, SM Canney - 2013 - books.google.com
The importance of conservation is growing each year, with increasing concerns over the
destruction of biodiversity and the rising awareness of ecosystem services generating new …

Tangles of care: Killing goats to save tortoises on the Galápagos Islands

P Bocci - Cultural Anthropology, 2017 - journal.culanth.org
If calls to care for other species multiply in a time of global and local environmental crisis,
this article demonstrates that caring practices are not always as benevolent or irenic as …