Scientific Papers

Diamond, A.W. 1980. Seasonality, population structure  and breeding ecology of the Seychelles Brush Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis. Proc. V Pan- Afr. Orn. Congr.: 253-266

Allen et al. 2010. Hawksbill turtle monitoring in Cousin Island Special Reserve, Seychelles: an eight-fold increase in annual nesting numbers. Endang Species Res 11: 195–200, 2010

Kueffer, C., et al. Managing successional trajectories in alien-dominated, novel ecosystems by facilitating seedling regeneration: A case study. Biol. Conserv. (2010), doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.031

Prys-Jones, R. P. & Diamond, A. W. 1984. Ecology of the land birds on the granitic and coralline islands of the Seychelles, with particular reference to Cousin Island and Aldabra Atoll.  In: D.R. Stoddart, Editor, Biogeography and ecology of the Seychelles

M. J. Hill,T.Vel and N. J. Shah. 2003. The morphology, distribution and conservation implications of introduced rats, Rattus spp. in the granitic Seychelles. African Journal of Ecology, Afr. J. Ecol., 41, 179-186

O'Leary JK, McClanahan TR. 2010. Fishing induced trophic cascades results in coralline algal loss: a case study in Kenya challenges paradigms regarding grazer effects. Ecology 91: 3584-3597.

Van de Crommenacker et al. 2011. Spatio-temporal variation in territory quality and oxidative status: a natural experiment in the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis). Journal of Animal Ecology 2011 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01792.x

Cheke, Anthony. (2010) The timing of arrival of humans and their commensal animals on
Western Indian Ocean oceanic islands. Phelsuma 18 (2010); 38-69

J. Frazier & P. Matyot. Comment on the proposed conservation of usage of Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 (currently Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) gigantea; Reptilia, Testudines). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68(2) June 2011.

McClanahan et al. 10.1073/pnas.1106861108. Supporting information to: Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries. PNAS 2011. Open access article

Chun-yin Mak & Chuen-shing Mok. 2011. Molecular identification of Lodoicea maldivica (coco de mer) seeds. Chinese Medicine. Open access article URL: http://www.cmjournal.org/content/6/1/34.

C. R. Veitch, M. N. Clout, and D. R. Towns (eds). Island Invasives: Eradication and Management Proceedings of the International Conference on Island Invasives. 2011. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) No. 42

Lowe S, Browne M, Boudjelas S, De Poorter M. 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species, A selection from the Global Invasive Species Database. 2000. IUCN-ISSG

McClanahan et al. 2011. Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries. PNAS 2011; published ahead of print September 26, 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1106861108. Open access article, contains supporting information. See McClanahan et al. Supporting information 10.1073/pnas.1106861108

Le Corre, M., et al. Tracking seabirds to identify potential Marine Protected Areas in the tropical western Indian Ocean. Biol. Conserv. (2012), doi:10.1016/j.biocon. 2011.11.015

Brouwer L, Richardson DS, Komdeur J (2012). Helpers at the Nest Improve Late-Life Offspring Performance: Evidence from a Long-Term Study and a Cross-Foster Experiment. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033167

J. van de Crommenacker et al. 2011. Parasitic infection and oxidative status are associated and vary with breeding activity in the Seychelles warbler. Proc. R. Soc. B. Published online 2 November 2011. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1865

Carreiro-Silva et al. 2011. Phosphorus and nitrogen effects on microbial euendolithic communitiesa nd their bioerosion rates. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64 (2012) 602–613

Robinson J and Samoilys MA (Co-editors) (2013) Reef Fish SpawningAggregations in the Western Indian Ocean: Research for Management. WIOMSA/SIDA/SFA/CORDIO. WIOMSA Book Series 13.

 

N.E. Mbije et al. 2013. A first endeavour in restoring denuded, post-bleached reefs in Tanzania. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 128 (2013) 41e51