Chapter 46. F.R. Fosberg. 1972. Man’s effects on island ecosystems. Pages 869-880.

Keywords: islands are very vulnerable to disturbance resulting from human activities, island biotas and soils are particularly susceptible to the ravages of introduced animals, fire and slash and burn agriculture is profoundly degrading on vegetation and ultimately leads to accelerated soil erosion, overhunting quickly eliminates useful animals, plantation agriculture tends to be particularly vulnerable to insect pests and diseases, mining usually leaves an island in totally unusable condition, military activities are also particularly destructive, effects of animal introduction, effects of plant introductions, effects of fire and hunting, erosion, monoculture, military activities, mining, medicine, imposition of alien values