Newly emergent and future threats of alien species to Pacific birds and ecosystems

Author:

Loope, Lloyd L., Howarth, Francis G., Kraus, Frederick, Pratt, Thane K.

Title:

Newly emergent and future threats of alien species to Pacific birds and ecosystems

Periodical:

Evolution, ecology, conservation, and management of Hawaiian birds : a vanishing avifauna

Year:

2001

Volume:

22

Pages:

291-304

Subject:

Invasive species Alien species control Snakes Birds extinction Invasive ants Biological invasions

Summary:

Located near the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii is increasingly important as an international transportation hub with the Honolulu International airport being the seventeenth busiest airport in the world. Therefore, with the many activities that occur in Hawaii, (such as passenger and military air traffic as well as agriculture that moves living material into and out of the state), the arrival of new alien species is frequently experienced. As a result, the under appreciated issue of incipient and future invasions of alien species and the effects that it will have on Hawaii's avian population is raised in this study. Here, an attempt to predict what new species might arrive, particularly on new direct flights from Asia and the eastern United States, and how their arrival might challenge the currently minimal quarantine system is discussed. This analysis makes no attempt to be comprehensive but aims to only highlight a range of taxonomic groups and pathways that pose obvious threats with a particular emphasis on potential vertebrate invaders such as snakes.

Label:

Birds - General

URL:

https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/sab/sab_022.pdf

Date:

2001

Collection:

Monographs