Conflicting and Complementary Ethics of Animal Welfare Considerations in Reintroductions

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 486-500

  Harrington, Lauren A ^a   Moehrenschlager, Axel ^a,b   Gelling, Merryl ^a   Atkinson, Rob P D ^c   Hughes, Joelene ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Calgary Zoological Society   (Canada)

^c Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted colonization; Conservation introduction; Restoration; Stress; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84878121367     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12021     Document Type: Article

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