TY - BOOK ID - 65250485 TI - Invasive Predators in New Zealand : Disaster on Four Small Paws PY - 2019 SN - 303032138X 3030321371 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Biological invasions. KW - Bio-invasions KW - Bioinvasions KW - Invasions, Biological KW - Natural selection KW - Population biology KW - Islands of the Pacific—History. KW - World history. KW - History. KW - Animal ecology. KW - Social history. KW - Environmental geography. KW - Australasian History. KW - World History, Global and Transnational History. KW - History of Science. KW - Animal Ecology. KW - Social History. KW - Environmental Geography. KW - Geography KW - Descriptive sociology KW - Social conditions KW - Social history KW - History KW - Sociology KW - Animals KW - Zoology KW - Ecology KW - Annals KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Universal history UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65250485 AB - The story of invasive species in New Zealand is unlike any other in the world. By the mid-thirteenth century, the main islands of the country were the last large landmasses on Earth to remain uninhabited by humans, or any other land mammals. New Zealand’s endemic fauna evolved in isolation until first Polynesians, and then Europeans, arrived with a host of companion animals such as rats and cats in tow. Well-equipped with teeth and claws, these small furry mammals, along with the later arrival of stoats and ferrets, have devastated the fragile populations of unique birds, lizards and insects. Carolyn M. King brings together the necessary historical analysis and recent ecological research to understand this long, slow tragedy. As a comprehensive historical perspective on the fate of an iconic endemic fauna, this book offers much-needed insight into one of New Zealand’s longest-running national crises. . ER -