Macquarie Island flora and fauna management<>9d\interpreting progress and predictions for the future

Abstract

The flora and fauna of Macquarie Island have been experiencing deterioration since the introduction of alien species. The greatest single achievement in attempts to stop this has been success with controlling the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus. Plant communities diminished by 100 yr of rabbit grazing are re-establishing rapidly. Total elimination of feral cats Felis catus and wekas Gallirallus australis can be achieved, with the major potential benefit being the recovery of some seabird populations which are all but extinct on the main island. -from Authors