Monday 14 July 2014

Translocation digest: March 2014

News:

Reintroduction experiments shed light on habitat requirements of marsh sandwort Arenaria paludicola in California, US.
http://www.sciencecodex.com/reintroduction_experiments_give_new_hope_for_a_plant_on_the_brink_of_extinction-129882

When Rewilding isn't mad: rewilding the Chilean espinal with reintroduced guanaco.
http://theconversation.com/when-rewilding-isnt-mad-guanacos-can-transform-the-espinal-of-chile-24248

Panther enthusiasts convene to discuss reintroduction to north Florida.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2014/florida-panther-03-21-2014.html

Pacific fishers planned for release in Mount Rainier National Park, US, this autumn.
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/03/23/3546334/mount-rainier-park-biologist-hopes.html

Paddlefish reintroduction at Big Cypress Bayou, US.
http://collinsacademy.com/paddlefish-reintroduction/

Wolf top dog in BBC Countryfile reintroduction poll, UK.

Retuerta horses to be released in western Iberia, Spain, as part of rewilding project.

One of only two Irish-bred white tailed eagles found shot in Tipperary.

Cougars recolonizing historic range post-release are encountering human-related threats.

Steller's eider may be reintroduced to Alaska
http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1410stellers_eider_may_be_reintroduced

Publications:

BONEBRAKE, T. C., SYPHARD, A. D., FRANKLIN, J., ANDERSON, K. E., AKÇAKAYA, H. R., MIZEREK, T., WINCHELL, C. and REGAN, H. M. (2014), Fire Management, Managed Relocation, and Land Conservation Options for Long-Lived Obligate Seeding Plants under Global Changes in Climate, Urbanization, and Fire Regime. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12253

Clayton, J. A., Pavey, C. R., Vernes, K. and Tighe, M. (2014), Review and analysis of Australian macropod translocations 1969–2006. Mammal Review, 44: 109–123. doi: 10.1111/mam.12020

Davidson, A. D., Friggens, M. T., Shoemaker, K. T., Hayes, C. L., Erz, J. and Duran, R. (2014), Population dynamics of reintroduced Gunnison's Prairie dogs in the southern portion of their range. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 78: 429–439. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.681

Evans, M. L., Wilke, N. F., O'Reilly, P. T. and Fleming, I. A. (2014), Transgenerational effects of parental rearing environment influence the survivorship of captive-born offspring in the wild. Conservation Letters. doi: 10.1111/conl.12092

Hunter, E. A. and Gibbs, J. P. (2014), Densities of Ecological Replacement Herbivores Required to Restore Plant Communities: A Case Study of Giant Tortoises on Pinta Island, Galápagos. Restoration Ecology, 22: 248–256. doi: 10.1111/rec.12055

Lerp, H., Plath, M., Wronski, T., Bärmann, E. V., Malczyk, A., Resch, R.-R., Streit, B. and Pfenninger, M. (2014), Utility of island populations in re-introduction programmes – relationships between Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) from the Farasan Archipelago and endangered mainland populations. Molecular Ecology, 23: 1910–1922. doi: 10.1111/mec.12694

MILLER, K. A., BELL, T. P. and GERMANO, J. M. (2014), Understanding Publication Bias in Reintroduction Biology by Assessing Translocations of New Zealand's Herpetofauna. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12254

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