The fitness consequences of wildlife conservation translocations: a meta‐analysis

IP Gross, AE Wilson, ME Wolak - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation translocation is a common strategy to offset mounting rates of population
declines through the transfer of captive‐or wild‐origin organisms into areas where …

Dispersal and habitat selection: behavioural and spatial constraints for animal translocations

P Le Gouar, JB Mihoub… - … biology: integrating science …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Analysis of factors influencing the success or failure of translocation programmes is crucial
to understand broadly the process of establishment of new populations (Seddon et al., 2007) …

Translocation as a conservation tool for Agassiz's desert tortoises: survivorship, reproduction, and movements

KE Nussear, CR Tracy, PA Medica… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We translocated 120 Agassiz's desert tortoises to 5 sites in Nevada and Utah to evaluate the
effects of translocation on tortoise survivorship, reproduction, and habitat use. Translocation …

Management background and release conditions structure post-release movements in reintroduced ungulates

K Mertes, JA Stabach, M Songer, T Wacher… - Frontiers in ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
One of the greatest challenges in restoring species to the wild is insufficient knowledge
about their habitat requirements and movement ecology. This is especially true for wide …

Movement patterns of koalas in remnant forest after fire

A Matthews, D Lunney, S Gresser… - Australian Mammalogy, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
The increasing fragmentation of fire-prone forests of Australia has made the remaining
populations of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) more vulnerable to extinction. We examined …

Experience and social factors influence movement and habitat selection in scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) reintroduced into Chad

MM Majaliwa, LF Hughey, JA Stabach, M Songer… - Movement Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Reintroduced animals—especially those raised in captivity—are faced with the unique
challenge of navigating a wholly unfamiliar environment, and often make erratic or extensive …

PCR Prevalence of Ranavirus in Free-Ranging Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) at Rehabilitation Centers in Three Southeastern US States

MC Allender, M Abd-Eldaim… - Journal of wildlife …, 2011 - meridian.allenpress.com
Ranaviruses (genus Ranavirus) have been observed in disease epidemics and mass
mortality events in free-ranging amphibian, turtle, and tortoise populations worldwide …

Evaluation of headstarting and release techniques for population augmentation and reintroduction of the smooth green snake

AB Sacerdote‐Velat, JM Earnhardt… - Animal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Headstarting is a conservation technique for improving survival of species with high juvenile
mortality by accelerating growth rate and increasing body size of captive‐born young. With …

The effects of homing and movement behaviors on translocation: desert tortoises in the western Mojave Desert

D Hinderle, RL Lewison, AD Walde… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Translocation of threatened or vulnerable species is a tool increasingly used for
conservation and management. However, in some species, homing and movement …

A Surfeit of Studies: What Have We Learned from All the Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina and T. ornata) Home Range Studies?

CW Habeck, MP Figueras, JE Deo, RL Burke - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Home range (HR) studies are a particularly common approach to investigations of animal
habitat use, resource availability, and response to management manipulation such as …