How successful are plant species reintroductions?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 672-682

  Godefroid, Sandrine ^a,b,c   Piazza, Carole ^d   Rossi, Graziano ^e   Buord, Stéphane ^f   Stevens, Albert Dieter ^g   Aguraiuja, Ruth ^h   Cowell, Carly ⁱ   Weekley, Carl W ^j   Vogg, Gerd ^k   Iriondo, José M ^l   Johnson, Isabel ⁱ   Dixon, Bob ^m   Gordon, Doria ⁿ   Magnanon, Sylvie ^f   Valentin, Bertille ^o   Bjureke, Kristina ^p   Koopman, Rupert ^q   Vicens, Magdalena ^r   Virevaire, Myriam ^r   Vanderborght, Thierry ^a  

^a BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d Conservatoire Botanique National de Corse ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f Service Animation   (France)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^h Tallinn Botanic Garden   (Estonia)

ⁱ SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^j ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^m KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^o Conservatoire Botanique National de Bailleul Hameau de Haendries   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^q CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

^r Ctra Palma Port de Sóller ^*  (France)

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Author keywords

Population augmentation; Population reinforcement; Population supplementation; Restored populations; Species translocation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NATIVE SPECIES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RARE SPECIES; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SITE PREPARATION; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 79451475364     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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