Maximizing the success of assisted colonizations

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Chauvenet, A L M ^a,b   Ewen, J G ^a   Armstrong, D P ^c   Blackburn, T M ^a,d   Pettorelli, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Assisted migration; Climate change adaptation; Managed relocation; Population dynamics; Species distribution modelling; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION RISK; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876479086     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00589.x     Document Type: Review

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