Island Restoration to Rebuild Seabird Populations and Amplify Coral Reef Functioning
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Barrier, Nicolas
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Benkwitt, Cassandra E
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Carr, Peter
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Dunn, Ruth E.
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Graham, Nicholas A.J
,
Maury, Olivier
2024
Mobile organisms like seabirds can provide important nutrient flows between ecosystems but this connectivity has been interrupted by the degradation of island ecosystems. Island restoration (via invasive species eradication and the restoration of native vegetation) can reestablish seabird populations and their nutrients transfer between their foraging areas, breeding colonies and adjacent nearshore habitats.