Bring the captive closer to the wild: Redefining the role of ex situ conservation

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-23

  Pritchard, Diana J ^a   Fa, John E ^b,c   Oldfield, Sara ^d   Harrop, Stuart R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d and Botanical Gardens   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botanical gardens; captive breeding; climate change; ex situ; in situ; zoos

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ZOO;

EID: 84857754785     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001766     Document Type: Article

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