A Tasmanian devil breeding program to support wild recovery

CE Grueber, E Peel, B Wright, CJ Hogg… - Reproduction, Fertility …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Tasmanian devils are threatened in the wild by devil facial tumour disease: a transmissible
cancer with a high fatality rate. In response, the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (STDP) …

[图书][B] Saving the Tasmanian devil: recovery through science-based management

C Hogg, S Fox, D Pemberton, K Belov - 2019 - books.google.com
The Tasmanian devil is threatened by Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), a transmissible
form of cancer that has reduced the population by over 80%. Persecution, extreme climate …

MHC diversity and female age underpin reproductive success in an Australian icon; the Tasmanian Devil

T Russell, S Lisovski, M Olsson, G Brown, R Spindler… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), a highly contagious cancer, has decimated
Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) numbers in the wild. To ensure its long-term survival …

Lessons from the looming extinction of the Tasmanian devil

D Lunney, M Jones, H McCullum - Pacific Conservation Biology, 2008 - CSIRO Publishing
Extinction in the wild is now regarded as likely for the Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrissi.
In 1996, a disease, Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), was seen in a Devil in the wild. By …

Conservation management of Tasmanian devils in the context of an emerging, extinction-threatening disease: devil facial tumor disease

ME Jones, PJ Jarman, CM Lees, H Hesterman… - EcoHealth, 2007 - Springer
An emerging infectious facial cancer threatens Tasmanian devils with extinction. The
disease is likely to occur across the range of the devil within 5 years. This urgent time frame …

Two decades of the impact of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease

GM Woods, S Fox, AS Flies, CD Tovar… - Integrative and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The Tasmanian devil, a marsupial carnivore, has been restricted to the island state of
Tasmania since its extinction on the Australian mainland about 3000 years ago. In the past …

Reduced effect of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease at the disease front

R Hamede, S Lachish, K Belov, G Woods… - Conservation …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogen‐driven declines in animal populations are increasingly regarded as a major
conservation issue. The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is threatened with extinction …

Conserving adaptive potential: lessons from Tasmanian devils and their transmissible cancer

PA Hohenlohe, HI McCallum, ME Jones… - Conservation …, 2019 - Springer
Maintenance of adaptive genetic variation has long been a goal of management of natural
populations, but only recently have genomic tools allowed identification of specific loci …

Conservation introduction of Tasmanian devils to Maria Island: a managed response to DFTD

P Wise, S Peck, J Clarke, CJ Hogg - Saving the Tasmanian devil …, 2019 - books.google.com
When an insurance metapopulation for Tasmanian devils was established as a response to
devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) in 2006, it was recognised that an island, or 'virtual'island …

Are any populations 'safe'? Unexpected reproductive decline in a population of Tasmanian devils free of devil facial tumour disease

KA Farquharson, RM Gooley, S Fox… - Wildlife …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Conservation management relies on baseline demographic data of natural
populations. For Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii), threatened in the wild by two fatal …