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We test a suite of hypothesized immediate (early-life body mass, telomere length, and survival) and delayed (adult reproductive potential and lifespan) costs of sibling rivalry for offspring of differing competitive ability in Seychelles warblers, where most offspring are raised singly and hence competitor success can be compared to a competition-free scenario. Compared to those raised alone, all competing nestlings had lower body mass and weaker competitors experienced reduced survival. However, the stronger competitors appeared to have longer adult breeding tenures and lifespan than
those raised alone.

Justin Gerlach. 2011. Conservation of the Seychelles sheath-tailed bat Coleura seychellensis from 1997-2011 and future prospects. Phelsuma 19 (2011); 54–68

Frias-Torres, S., P.H. Montoya-Maya, N. Shah (Eds). 2018. Coral Reef Restoration Toolkit: A Field-Oriented Guide Developed in the Seychelles Islands. Nature Seychelles, Mahe, Republic of Seychelles.

The purpose of this Toolkit is to describe how to complete a coral reef restoration project, using the ‘coral gardening’ concept.

This report provides an update to the regional sections in the GlobalStatus reports publication by the GCRMN in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2008. It is ajoint output of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), the Indian OceanCommission, Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO),the United Nations Environment’s Nairobi Convention Coral Reef Task Force and theInternational Union for the Conservatoin of Nature Species Survival Commission’s (IUCNSSC)Coral Specialist Group.

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

Following the removal of an introduced species, island restoration can follow two general approaches: passive, where no further intervention occurs and the island is assumed to recover naturally, and; active, where recovery of key taxa (e.g. seabirds) is enhanced by manipulating movement and demography. …We summarize the advantages of incorporating these analyses of past restoration results as an initial step in the decision-making process. We illustrate this process using lessons learned from the restoration of seabird-driven island ecosystems after introduced vertebrate eradication in New Zealand.

(Rachel T. Buxton1, Christopher J. Jones, Philip O’Brien Lyver, David R. Towns4 and Stephanie B. Borrelle)

 

Why sexually mature individuals stay in groups as nonreproductive subordinates is central to the evolution of sociality and cooperative breeding. To understand such delayed dispersal, its costs and benefits need to be compared with those of permanently leaving to float through the population. However, comprehensive comparisons, especially regarding differences in future breeding opportunities, are rare.

Carlos Ruiz Sebastián and Timothy R. McClanahan. 2013. Description and validation of production processes in the coral reefecosystem model CAFFEE (Coral–Algae–Fish-Fisheries EcosystemEnergetics) with a fisheries closure and climatic disturbance. Ecological Modelling 263 (2013) 326– 348

Feare. C. 1976. Desertion and abnormal development in a colony of Sooty terns Sterna fuscata infested by virus-infected ticks. IBIS 118, 112-115