Invasive Predators in New Zealand: Disaster on Four Small Paws
In: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History Ser.
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- History Is Important -- What This Book Is, and Is Not -- Predator-Free New Zealand 2050 -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: The Years Before Cook -- Chapter 1: Introduction (82 Million Years Ago to AD 1280) -- Life on a Lonely Island -- The Story of New Zealand Wildlife -- The Gondwanan Fauna (82-c.55 Million Years Ago) -- The Zealandian Fauna (55-25 Million Years Ago) -- The Late Tertiary Fauna (25 Million-11,700 Years Ago) -- The Holocene Fauna (11,700 Years Ago to the Present) -- Advantages and Perils of Flightlessness -- Summary -- Chapter 2: The Māori Era (1280-1769) -- Aotearoa Discovered by People -- Pacific Rat, Kiore -- Polynesian Dog, Kuri -- The Fourteenth-Century Transformation -- Losses of Endemic Birds -- Moa Hunting -- Aotearoa at the Height of the Classic Māori Era -- Summary -- Part II: The Years of Accidental Invasions -- Chapter 3: Reconstructing Invasion Histories from European Shipping Records (1769-1900) and Genetics (Since 2000) -- Shipping Records -- Establishment of the Port of Sydney, 1788 -- Imported Food Supplies and Rodent Invasion Opportunities, 1788-1820 -- The China Fur Market, 1790-1810 -- Sealing and Whaling in Southern New Zealand, 1792-1830s -- The Development of Trans-Tasman Trade, 1800-1840 -- Outlying Islands -- Genetics as a Historical Tool -- Summary -- Chapter 4: European Rats (Since 1769) -- Norway Rats -- Norway Rats on Sailing Ships -- Norway Rats in New Zealand -- Kāpiti Island -- Campbell Island -- Ship Rats -- Ship Versus Norway Rats on Ships -- Competition Between Norway and Ship Rats -- Ship Rats in New Zealand -- Big South Cape Island (Taukihepa) -- Rats Versus Mustelids -- Summary -- Chapter 5: House Mice (Since About 1792) -- History of West European Mice in New Zealand.