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Rhind, P. M. (2010). Plant Formations in the Seychellean BioProvince. Accessed March 13, 2015, from Terriestrial Biozones: http://www.terrestrial-biozones.net/Paleotropic%20Vegetation/Seychelles%20Vegetation.pdf
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Seddon, P.J., (2014). Reversing defaunation: Restoring species in a changing world. Science, 345. 406-411.
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Chambers, P. (2004). A Sheltered Life: The Unexpected History of the Giant Tortoise. Oxford University Press. Accessed from https://books.google.ca/books?id=4xDeUvBOSjIC&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=richard+owen+and+the+tortoise&source=bl&ots=DFna1Nnm18&sig=cSXlX2BBn4gWwllcP1TdeUc_IZs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3vYJVYzQEMizogTrnoDACw&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=richard%20owen%20and%20the%20tortoise
Cheke, A., & Hume, J. (2010). Lost land of the Dodo: The Ecological History of Mauritius, Reunion and Rodrigues (Vol. Google eBook). Bloomsbury Publishing.
Frégate Island Private. http://www.fregate.com/conservation/giant-aldabra-tortoises. Last accessed February 23rd 2015.
Gerlach J. (2005). Breeding and Reintroduction of Seychelles Chelonia. Testudo. 6 (2). Accessed at http://www.britishcheloniagroup.org.uk/testudo/v6/v6n2gerlach
Gerlach, J. (2009). Ecosystem effect of climate change on the Seychelles islands: current impacts and the potential for resolution. IOP Conference series: Earth and Environmental Science. 6(31).
Gerlach J. (2011). Seychelles Giant Tortoise newshttp://www.britishcheloniagroup.org.uk/bcg- info/conservation/Seychelles-giant-tortoise-news
Gerlach, J., Rocamora, G., Gane, J., Joliffe, K., Vanherck, L. 2013. Giant Tortoise Distribution and Abundance in the Seychelles Islands: Past, Present, and Future. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 12(1): 70-83.
Guerts K.A. (1999) Reintroduction of Giant Tortoises, Geochelone gigantea, to the Seychelles’ Islands. Restoration and Reclaimation Review. 4(4).
Griffiths, C.J, Zu, N., Tatayh, V., Jones, C.G., Griffiths, O., Harris, S. (2012). The Welfare Implications of using Exotic Tortoises as Ecological Replacements. PLOS-ONE.
Griffiths, C.J., Jones, C. G., Hansen, D. M., Puttoo, M., Tatayah, R. V., M¨uller C. B., and Harris S. (2009).The Use of Extant Non-Indigenous Tortoises as a Restoration Tool to Replace Extinct Ecosystem Engineers. Restoration Ecology. 1-7.
Grubb, P. (1971). The Growth, Ecology and Population Structure of Giant Tortoises on Aldabra. Biological Sciences, 260(836), 327-372. Accessed from http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/260/836/327.full.pdf+html
Hambler, C. (1993). Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantean) translocation to Curieuse Island, (Seychelles): Success or Failure?? Biological Conservation. 69 (1). 293-299.
Hilton Silhouette Island website. (2015). Accessed Feb 24 2015 at http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/seychelles/hilton-seychelles-labriz-resort-and-spa-SEZLBHI/index.html
Ihlow, F., Dambach, J., Engler, J.O., Flecks, M., Hartmann, T., Nekum, S., Rajaei, H., Rodder, D. (2012). On the brink of extinction? How climate change may affect global chelonian species richness and distribution. Global Change Biology. 18: 1520-1530.
Islands Development Company LTD website. 2015. Accessed Feb 24 2015 at www.idc.sc
IPCC, 2014: Summary for policymakers. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaption, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group 2 to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-32.
Ismail, S., Huber, M. J., & Mougal, J. (2011). Dillenia Ferruginea. (V. 2014.3, Editor) Accessed 03-13, 2015, from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/30501/0
IUCN. (1996). Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specfialist Group. Geochelone gigantea. Accessed from http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/9010/0
Kueffer, C., Beaver, K., & Mougal, J. (2013). Case Study: Management of Novel Ecosystems in the Seychelles. Novel Ecosystems, 228-238.
Loarie, S.R., Duffy, P.B., Hamilton, H., Asner, G.P., Field, C.B., Ackerly, D.D. (2013). The velocity of climate change. Nature. 436. 1052-1056.
Lunt, I.D., Byrne, M., Hellmann, J.J, Mitchell, N.J., Garnett, S.T., Hayward, M.W., Martin, T.G., Macdonald-Madden, E. Williams, S.E., Zander, K.K. (2014). Using assisted colonisation to conserve biodiversity and restore ecosystem function under climate change. Biological Conservation 157. 172-177.
Mair, L., & Beckley, L. (2012). Seychelles (Illustrated ed.). Bradt Travel Guides. Accessed 03 13, 2015, from https://books.google.ca/books?id=AD3xB-OC09oC&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=dominant+species+in+seychelles&source=bl&ots=6O4Gcxiiyo&sig=LrNwaVXdlFA4Q-T-Bv7WSuBVRkc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vlcDVZHRE9floASy0oDQAg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=dominant%20species%20in%20seychelles
Malan, G., Hagens, D. A., & Hagens, Q. A. (2009). Nesting Success of White Terns and White-tailed Tropicbirds on Cousine Island, Seychelles. Journal of African Ornithology, 80(2).
Minority Rights Group International. (2007). World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Seychelles: Overview. UNHCR. Accessed at http://www.refworld.org/country,COI,MRGI,,SYC,,4954ce6923,0.html on March 25 2015
Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles website. 2013. Accessed on Feb 24 2015 at http://islandbiodiversity.com/nptsindex.htm
Nicholls, D. (n.d.). Charles Darwin Initiated Saving the Aldabra Tortoise. Accessed March 18th 2015, from Wildlife Vets International: http://www.wildlifevetsinternational.org/charles-darwin-initiated-saving-the-aldabra-tortoise/
NPTS. (n.d.). Seychelles Biodiversity: Seychelles Giant Tortoises. (NPTS Publications) Accessed March 19, 2015, from Island Biodiversity: http://islandbiodiversity.com/seychelles.htm
Oetker Collection Hotels Website. 2015. Fregate Island Private. Accessed at www.Fregate.com
(Payet) - Seychelles National Climate Change Committee. (2009). Republic of Seychelles Climate Change Strategy. 1-90.
Republic of Seychelles. (2009). Report on Climate change and its possible security implications: General Assembly Resolution (63/281). Submitted to UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Rhind, P. M. (2010). Plant Formations in the Seychellean BioProvince. Accessed March 13, 2015, from Terriestrial Biozones: http://www.terrestrial-biozones.net/Paleotropic%20Vegetation/Seychelles%20Vegetation.pdf
Samways, M., Hitchins, P. M., Bourquin, O., & Henwood, J. (2010). Restoration of a Tropical Island: Cousine Island, Seychelles. 425-434.
Samour, H.J., Spratt, D.M.J., Hart, M.G., Savage, B., Hawkey, C.M. (1986). A survey of the Aldabra giant tortoise population introduced on Curiesuse Island, Seychelles. Biological Conservation. 41 (2). 147-158.
Seddon, P.J., (2014). Reversing defaunation: Restoring species in a changing world. Science, 345. 406-411.
Stoddart, D. R. (1984). Biogeography and Ecology of the Seychelles Islands (Vol. 55). The Hague, The Netherlands: Dr. W. Junk Publishers.
Seychelles Island Foundation Website. (2015). Accessed at www.sif.sc
Thorsen, M., Shorten, R., & Lucking, V. (1999). Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) on Fregate Island, Seychelles: the invasion;eradication attempts and implications for the island's fauna. Biological Conservation, 96(2000), 133-138.
UNEP. (2005). Final Draft National Biosafety framework – Republic of Seychelles. United Nations Environmental Programme. Accessed at http://www.unep.org/biosafety/files/SCNBFrep.pdf
UNEP. (2014). Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States: Results of the UNEP Foresight process. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi, Kenya.
Walsh, R. P. (1984). Climate of the Seychelles. In D.R.Stoddart, Biogeography and Ecology of the Seychelles Islands (pp. 39-61). Dr.W.Junk Publishers.
World Bank. (2015). GDP per capita (current US$). Accessed at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD