Tropical Island Recovery: Cousine Island, Seychelles

Acknowledgements

Cousine Island in a world context

Cousine as a Seychelles island

Cousine Island’s conservation significance in a nutshell

How humans nearly pushed Cousine past the tipping point

The changing seasons

The lie of the land

Cousine's rocks, soils and sand

The moody sea

Cousine's green carpet

Cousine's woody cloak

Cousine's vegetation reprieve

Sponges, corals and the great bleaching event

Life in the shallow sea: from shells to urchins

Between sea and land: a variety of crabs

Ecological webmasters: terrestrial invertebrates

A rich tapestry of fish life

Cousine as a haven for turtles

Of tortoises, lizards and snakes

Overcoming the extinction of experience: sea bird haven

Aquatic and shore birds

A truly successful story: endemic land birds

The welcome and the unwelcome: vagrant and alien birds

Visiting mammals to Cousine

Cousine Island in the world today, and its future

Scientific summary

List of species recorded on and around Cousine

Glossary

Bibliography

Photographic and artwork credits

About the authors

Index