Marine birds on land: a review of plant biomass, species richness, and community composition in seabird colonies

JC Ellis - Plant Ecology, 2005 - Springer
Seabirds are chemical and physical engineers that are capable of transforming terrestrial
vegetation by altering edaphic conditions, generating physical disturbance, and affecting …

The influence of seabirds on their breeding, roosting and nesting grounds: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

ML Grant, AL Bond, JL Lavers - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seabird species world‐wide are integral to both marine and terrestrial environments,
connecting the two systems by transporting vast quantities of marine‐derived nutrients and …

[BUCH][B] Communities and ecosystems: linking the aboveground and belowground components (MPB-34)

DA Wardle - 2013 - degruyter.com
Most of the earth's terrestrial species live in the soil. These organisms, which include many
thousands of species of fungi and nematodes, shape aboveground plant and animal life as …

[BUCH][B] Aboveground-belowground linkages: biotic interactions, ecosystem processes, and global change

RD Bardgett, DA Wardle - 2010 - books.google.com
Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive
synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between …

Have the harmful effects of introduced rats on islands been exaggerated?

DR Towns, IAE Atkinson, CH Daugherty - Biological invasions, 2006 - Springer
Introduced rats are now being eradicated from many islands. Increasingly, these
eradications are contested by activists claiming moral, legal, cultural, historic or scientific …

Above‐and below‐ground impacts of introduced predators in seabird‐dominated island ecosystems

T Fukami, DA Wardle, PJ Bellingham… - Ecology …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Predators often exert multi‐trophic cascading effects in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how
such predation may indirectly impact interactions between above‐and below‐ground biota …

From small Maria to massive Campbell: forty years of rat eradications from New Zealand islands

DR Towns, KG Broome - New Zealand journal of zoology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last four decades the eradication of rats from islands around New Zealand has
moved from accidental eradication following the exploratory use of baits for rat control to …

[PDF][PDF] New Zealand island restoration: seabirds, predators, and the importance of history

PJ Bellingham, DR Towns, EK Cameron… - New Zealand Journal of …, 2010 - sprep.org
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 …

Harnessing island–ocean connections to maximize marine benefits of island conservation

SA Sandin, PA Becker, C Becker… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Islands support unique plants, animals, and human societies found nowhere else on the
Earth. Local and global stressors threaten the persistence of island ecosystems, with …

Nutrient transfer from sea to land: the case of gulls and cormorants in the Gulf of Maine

JC Ellis, JM Fariña, JD Witman - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 The structure of communities is influenced by the transport of resources across
ecosystem boundaries. Seabirds are capable of introducing large amounts of marine …