Lessons from a failed translocation program with a seabird species: Determinants of success and conservation value

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 851-858

  Oro, Daniel ^a   Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a   Villuendas, Elena ^b   Sarzo, Blanca ^b   Mínguez, Eduardo ^c   Carda, Josep ^b   Genovart, Meritxell ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Servei de Conservació de la Biodiversitat ^*  (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chick translocation; Conservation; Dispersal; Ecological trap; Metapopulation; Release site; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; FLEDGING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; PHILOPATRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; WILD POPULATION;

AVES;

EID: 79451474191     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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