þÿ<html> <head> <meta name=Title content="RUSSELL, J"> <meta name=Keywords content=""> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <link rel=File-List href="37_2_121-128_files/filelist.xml"> <title>RUSSELL, J</title> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3;} @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Mincho"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;} table.MsoNormalTable {font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>RUSSELL, J.C. &amp; LE CORRE, M. 2009. </span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Introduced mammal impacts on seabirds in the Western Indian Ocean. <i>Marine Ornithology</i></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> 37: 121 129.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Invasive mammals have devastated endemic island communities throughout the world, and seabirds have proven particularly vulnerable, with many species extinctions. Introduced predators have had the greatest effect through direct predation, but this effect can now be mitigated by modern eradication techniques. However, the removal of a species from a community can generate different indirect effects depending on the trophic levels that are interacting. Conservation managers eradicating introduced mammals must consider ecosystem-wide effects and view island management within a whole ecosystem  context. It is important to consider unexpected indirect effects from eradications. However, eradication of introduced mammals should not be delayed, especially when direct effects such as predation are a known cause of terminal decline for a threatened species. We use the French Îles Éparses of the Western Indian Ocean, with their various combinations of five introduced mammals, to demonstrate the direct and indirect effects that introduced mammals may have, and how those effects might affect the regionally important seabirds with breeding colonies on the islands. We conclude by making recommendations for the future management of the islands.</span></p> </div> </body> </html>