Review of hyperdispersal in wildlife translocations

J Bilby, K Moseby - Conservation Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Species translocation is a common tool to reverse biodiversity loss, but it has a high failure
rate. One factor that contributes to failure is postrelease hyperdispersal, which we define as …

[HTML][HTML] The Conservationist's Toolkit: a critical review of the need for a conceptual framework of both in-situ and ex-situ conservation strategies to ensure the success …

DJF Moloney, C Collins, P Holloway… - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
The acceleration of climate change and concomitant anthropogenic impacts on the natural
world have led to claims from the scientific community that the Earth is currently …

Addressing knowledge gaps in reptile conservation

R Tingley, S Meiri, DG Chapple - Biological Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
Reptiles are the most species-rich group of terrestrial vertebrates, yet we lack a
comprehensive understanding of their extinction risk. Only 45% of described reptile species …

Population reinforcement accelerates subadult recruitment rates in an endangered freshwater turtle

S Carstairs, JE Paterson, KL Jager… - Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife diversity and abundance are declining globally and population reinforcement with
captive‐reared animals is a common intervention used to prevent extinctions. Released …

Adapting reintroduction tactics in successive trials increases the likelihood of establishment for an endangered carnivore in a fenced sanctuary

BA Wilson, MJ Evans, WG Batson, SC Banks… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Threatened species recovery programs are increasingly turning to reintroductions to reverse
biodiversity loss. Here we present a real-world example where tactics (techniques which …

The importance of including survival release costs when assessing viability in reptile translocations

A Bertolero, JL Pretus, D Oro - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Translocations to restore populations of endangered species are an important conservation
tool, but a reliable diagnosis is needed to assess their success. We used capture-recapture …

Captive-rearing duration may be more important than environmental enrichment for enhancing turtle head-starting success

SJ Tetzlaff, JH Sperry, BA Kingsbury… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Raising captive animals past critical mortality stages for eventual release (head-starting) is a
common conservation tactic. Counterintuitively, post-release survival can be low. Post …

Nest site selection and fidelity of European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) population of Babat Valley (Gödöllő, Hungary)

I Kiss, G Erdélyi, B Szabó - Frontiers in Zoology, 2024 - Springer
Background The conservation of aquatic and semiaquatic turtles requires knowledge of the
area and vegetation structure of habitat used for nesting, and nesting migration route. We …

Adaptive management in a conservation breeding program: Mimicking habitat complexities facilitates reproductive success in narrow‐headed gartersnakes …

BR Blais, SA Wells, BM Poynter, JL Koprowski… - Zoo …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mimicking natural parameters and complexities in zoo conservation breeding programs can
facilitate natural physiological and behavioral traits, which in turn can inform more effective …

Growth and Survival of Wild and Head-Started Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)

CK Golba, GA Glowacki… - Ichthyology & …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
Blanding's Turtles (International Union for Conservation of Nature [IUCN] Endangered) are
long-lived reptiles with delayed sexual maturity. Anthropogenic landscape changes have …