Whose backyard? Some precautions in choosing recipient sites for assisted colonisation of Australian plants and animals

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-111

  Harris, Stephen ^a   Arnall, Sophie ^b   Byrne, Margaret ^c   Coates, David ^c   Hayward, Matt ^d   Martin, Tara ^e   Mitchell, Nicola ^b   Garnett, Stephen ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Assisted colonisation; Climate change; Managed reloca tion; Site selection; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; DECISION MAKING; ENDEMISM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; PLANT; RED LIST; SITE SELECTION; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878354421     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/emr.12041     Document Type: Article

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