Invasive Predators in New Zealand: Disaster on Four Small Paws

By Carolyn M. King

I. The Years before Cook
1. Introduction (82 million years ago to AD 1280)
2. The Māori Era (1280-1769)
II. The Years of Accidental Invasions
3. Reconstructing Invasion Histories from European Shipping Records (1769-1900) and Genetics (since 2000)
4. European Rats (1769)
5. House Mice (since about 1792)
6. Cats (1769-1900)
III. The Years of Deliberate Introductions
7. Rabbits (1858-1900)
8. Ferrets (1852-1892)
9. Stoats and Weasels (1876-1883)
10. Stoats and Weasels (1883-1892)
11. Lucky Escapes and Nasty Surprises (1884-1920)
IV. What Now?
12. Hard Lessons in Pest Management (1976-2019)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030321371
• ISBN13: 9783030321376
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"