Predation determines the outcome of 10 reintroduction attempts in arid South Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2863-2872

  Moseby, K E ^a,b   Read, J L ^a,b   Paton, D C ^a   Copley, P ^c   Hill, B M ^b   Crisp, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Arid Recovery   (Australia)

^c South Australian Department for Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Reintroduction; Success criteria; Threatened species; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; AVIFAUNA; CANID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FELID; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARSUPIAL; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; REINTRODUCTION; REPTILE; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES; BETTONGIA; BETTONGIA LESUEUR; CANIDAE; LEPORILLUS CONDITOR; MACROTIS LAGOTIS; MAMMALIA; MYRMECOBIUS FASCIATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PERAMELES BOUGAINVILLE; RATTUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 83555164834     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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