Recovery of native plant communities after eradication of rabbits from the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands, and influence of climate change

By J. Chapuis, Y. Frenot, M. Lebouvier. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Geography, Planning and Development, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. Petr Pyšek
2. Peter Convey
3. Jan Pergl
4. M. Vilà
5. P. Hulme
6. D. Richardson
7. S. Bacher
8. Wilfried Thuiller

In Geography, Planning and Development

1. Peter Convey
2. I. Kühn

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. Petr Pyšek
2. D. Richardson
3. Wilfried Thuiller
4. Jan Pergl
5. M. Vilà
6. P. Hulme
7. I. Kühn
8. V. Jarošı́k

Citations in the corpus

• Black, Grey and Watch Lists of alien species in the Czech Republic based on environmental impacts and management strategy (2016, background): “Although complete eradication is usually feasible only on islands (e.g. Chapuis et al. 2004, Genovesi 2005, Simberloff et al. 2011), in some cases it is an ideal target to which efforts should be directed.”
• Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications (2005, background): “Decreased precipitation has been reported at sub-Antarctic Marion and Kerguelen Islands since the early 1950s (Smith & Steenkamp, 1990; Frenot et al., 1997; Smith, 2002; Chapuis et al., 2004) and, more recently, from maritime Antarctic Signy Island (Noon et al., 2001).”
• Indirect effects of invasive species removal devastate World Heritage Island (2009, background): “Recovery of plant species and communities, as observed on Macquarie Island (Copson & Whinam 1998; Scott & Kirkpatrick 2008), has also been documented for other islands, both in the region ( Chapuis, Frenot & Lebouvier 2004 ) and elsewhere (Courchamp et al. 2003).”
• French attempts to eradicate non-indigenous mammals and their consequences for native biota (2005, background): “Among these four species, the beetle C. sericea, which is strictly linked to the Kerguelen cabbage (P. antiscrobutica), reinvaded Verte Island in the Kerguelen Archipelago (J.-L. Chapuis, pers. comm.) spontaneously after the predicted reestablishment of the Kerguelen cabbage (Chapuis et al. 2004).”
• Rapid range expansion and community reorganization in response to warming (2008, background): “This demonstrates the strong sensitivity of sub-Antarctic vegetation to climate change (as shown by le Roux et al., 2005 and suggested by Scott, 1990; Chown & Smith, 1993; Smith et al., 2001; Chapuis et al., 2004).”
• Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity in a changing world (2011, background): “…et al. 2002), local cooling (Doran et al. 2002), changes in frequencies of freeze–thaw events and changes in wind direction or strength (Hodgson et al. 2006) or precipitation (Chown and Smith 1993; Tweedie and Bergstrom 2000; Smith 2002; Chapuis et al. 2004) leading to increased desiccation stress.”
• When does invasive species removal lead to ecological recovery? Implications for management success (2018, background): “In one study, Chapuis et al. (2004) found that rabbit eradication on a subantarctic island resulted in widespread invasion by a generalist plant that is also facilitated by climate change.”
• Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities. (2009, background): “From this perspective, conservation strategies should also respect and consider dynamic ecological processes to preserve biodiversity [81,82], otherwise well-intentioned control measures against invasion might result in unexpected outcomes [ 83 ,84].”