Ball Derek - Australian island arks: conservation, management and opportunities

Australian
Island Arks

CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES

EDITORS: DORIAN MORO, DEREK BALL AND SALLY BRYANT

Dorian Moro, Derek Ball and Sally Bryant 2018

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Australian island arks : conservation, management and opportunities / Dorian Moro, Derek Ball and Sally Bryant (editors).

9781486306602 (paperback)

9781486306619 (epdf)

9781486306626 (epub)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Island ecology Australia

Islands Australia Management.

Islands Australia Government policy.

Moro, Dorian, editor.

Ball, Derek, editor.

Bryant, Sally, editor.

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Front cover: (top) View from Mount Gower on World Heritage Lord Howe Island (photo: Jack C Shick); (middle left) Flatback turtles (Natator depressus) nest on islands off Australia (photo: Dorian Moro); (middle centre) King Penguins on Macquarie Island (photo: Krudler/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); (middle right) Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (photo: Granitethighs/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0); (bottom) Montebello Islands (WA), selected for the reintroductions of threatened mammals and birds (photo: Judy Dunlop).

Back cover: (left to right) Cocos (Keeling) Islands, situated in the Indian Ocean, site of a local black rat eradication program (photo: Judy Dunlop); Legendre Island, Dampier Archipelago (WA), site of a black rat eradication program (photo: Judy Dunlop); Brampton and Carlisle Islands, Central Great Barrier Reef Region (Qld) (photo: Derek Ball).

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CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Dave Algar

Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Woodvale, WA 6946, Australia,

David Armstrong

Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, PO Box 1047, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia,

Christopher M. Baker

Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; and CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, 41 Boggo Rd, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia,

Derek Ball

Wild Mob Pty Ltd, PO BOX 1742, Milton, QLD 4064, Australia,

Ellie Bock

Regional Advisory and Innovation Network (RAIN) Pty Ltd, PO Box 104, Mena Creek, QLD 4871, Australia,

Michael Bode

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia,

Keith Broome

Department of Conservation, Private Bag 3072, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand,

Andrew A. Burbidge

87 Rosedale St, Floreat, WA 6014, Australia,

Sally L. Bryant

Tasmanian Land Conservancy, PO Box 2112, Lower Sandy Bay, TAS 7005, Australia,

Peter Canty

Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, PO Box 1047, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia,

Margaret Christian

Norfolk Island Flora and Fauna Society, PO Box 999, Norfolk Island, NSW 2289, Australia,

Peter B. Copley

Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, GPO Box 1047, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia,

Chris Dickman

School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia,

Alaric Fisher

Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia, alaric.

Stephen T. Garnett

Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, NT 0909, Australia,

Graeme R. Gillespie

Flora and Fauna Division, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, CSIRO Complex, 564 Vanderlin Dve, NT 0828, Australia, Graeme.

Graham Hemson

Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing, 61 Yeppoon Rd, Parkhurst, QLD 4702, Australia,

Chantelle Jackson

Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Subiaco East, WA 6008, Australia,

Michael Johnston

Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Woodvale, WA 6946, Australia,

Menna Jones

Department of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 5, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia,

Dave Kelly

Lord Howe Island Board, Lord Howe Island, NSW 2898, Australia,

Russell Lagdon

Australian Business Unit, Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, 250 St Georges Tce, Perth, WA 6000, Australia,

Sarah Legge

National Environmental Science Programme Threatened Species Recovery Hub, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, ACT 0200; and Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia,

Cheryl A. Lohr

Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Woodvale, WA 6946, Australia,

Roland Mau

Department of Parks and Wildlife, 17 Dick Perry Ave Technology Park, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia,

Dorian Moro

School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, and Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Woodvale, WA 6946, Australia,

Keith Morris

Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Woodvale, WA 6946, Australia,