Conspecifics can be aliens too: A review of effects of restocking practices in vertebrates

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 231-241

  Champagnon, Jocelyn ^a,b,c   Elmberg, Johan ^d   Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^b   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^c  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Demography; Genetics; Harvest management; Morphology; Supplementation; Translocation; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHY; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSLOCATION; VERTEBRATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863881499     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.02.002     Document Type: Review

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