Reintroducing the red-billed curassow in Brazil: Population viability analysis points to potential success

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-58

  Bernardo, Christine Steiner São ^a   Desbiez, Arnaud L J ^b,c   Olmos, Fábio ^d   Collare, Nigel J ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Escola Superior de Conservacaõ Ambiental e Sustentabilidade ESCAS IPÊ   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic rainforest; Conservation; Crax blumenbachii; Minimum viable population; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903965589     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2014.010     Document Type: Article

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