From Reintroduction to Assisted Colonization: Moving along the Conservation Translocation Spectrum

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 796-802

  Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecological engineering; Novel ecosystems; Population restoration; Species introductions

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT CREATION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78049466025     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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