Fencing for conservation is an acknowledgement that we are failing to successfully coexist
with and, ultimately, conserve biodiversity. Fences arose during the Neolithic revolution to …

Carrying capacity encompasses a broad collection of approaches used to better understand
biotic interactions in ecosystems and is often applied with no explicit regard to its historical …

Exclusion fencing is a common tool used to mitigate a variety of unwanted economic losses
caused by problematic wildlife. While the potential for agricultural, ecological and economic …

We review the indexed scientific literature (233 papers) dealing with 'restocking'of
vertebrates, ie reinforcement of wild populations by release of individuals of the same …

Many factors, both biotic and abiotic, impede the success of reintroductions. Among these is
the difficulty that small populations have in surviving and thriving. For many species of …

Reintroduced populations are typically considered to progress through establishment,
growth, and regulatory phases. However, most reintroduction programs do not monitor …

" This is the second issue in the Global Re-introduction Perspectives series and has been
produced in the same standardized format as the previous one. The case-studies are …

Captive breeding of animals is widely used to manage endangered species, frequently with
the ambition of future reintroduction into the wild. Because this conservation measure is very …

To test the idea that large, free-living, desert ungulates use heterothermy to reduce water
loss, we measured core body temperature (T b) of six free-ranging, adult Arabian oryx (Oryx …

To successfully manipulate populations for management and conservation purposes,
managers must be able to track changes in demographic rates and determine the factors …