Considering Extinction of Dependent Species during Translocation, Ex Situ Conservation, and Assisted Migration of Threatened Hosts

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-207

  Moir, Melinda L ^a   Vesk, Peter A ^a   Brennan, Karl E C ^b   Poulin, Robert ^c   Hughes, Lesley ^d   Keith, David A ^e,f   McCarthy, Michael A ^a   Coates, David J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted colonization; Coextinction conservation planning; Extinction risk; Introductions; Managed relocation; Parasites; Plant insect interactions; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; LIZARD; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; MITE; PARASITIC PLANT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REINTRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; TICK; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PLANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PLANTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACARI; AVES; BANKSIA; BANKSIA BROWNII; COCCIDIA; EMBERIZA CIRLUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; GECKOBIA; GEKKONIDAE; HEXAPODA; HOPLODACTYLUS DUVAUCELII; LEUCOPOGON; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 84858804363     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01826.x     Document Type: Article

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