Zoos through the lens of the IUCN red list: A global metapopulation approach to support conservation breeding programs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Conde, Dalia A ^a,b   Colchero, Fernando ^a   Gusset, Markus ^c   Pearce Kelly, Paul ^d   Byers, Onnie ^e   Flesness, Nate ^f   Browne, Robert K ^b   Jones, Owen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c White naped mangabey EEP Coordination   (Switzerland)

^d ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group   (United States)

^f International Species Information System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ZOOLOGICAL PARK; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE;

EID: 84892564143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080311     Document Type: Article

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