The captive rearing of threatened Orthoptera: A comparison of the conservation potential and practical considerations of two species' breeding programmes at the Zoological Society of London

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 201-210

  Pearce Kelly, P ^a   Jones, R ^a   Clarke, D ^a   Walker, C ^a   Atkin, P ^a   Cunningham, A A ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Conservation; Decticus verrucivorus; Gryllus campestris; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

BREEDING METHODS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION; INSECT; REINTRODUCTION;

DECTICUS; DECTICUS VERRUCIVORUS; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS CAMPESTRIS; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE; VERRUCA;

EID: 0032454698     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009643729536     Document Type: Article

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