Aliens in an Ancient Landscape: Rabbits, Rats and Tourists on Macquarie Island

• Main Author: Jabour, J
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: CABI 2011
• Subjects: Commerce; Management; Tourism and Services; Tourism; Tourism Forecasting; East Antarctica; Slaughter; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seals; King Penguins; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: http://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/2255; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/78244

Macquarie Island, in the subantarctic south of Tasmania, Australia, is one ofthe few refuges in the vast Southern Ocean for seabirds, seals and penguins.Their presence contributes nutrients to the substrate upon which coldtemperature flora, grasses and mega-herbs (but not trees), rely. Exotic animal...