Reintroduction objectives, decisions and outcomes: Global perspectives from the herpetofauna

Animal Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 74-81

  Ewen, J G ^a   Soorae, P S ^b,c   Canessa, S ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Reptile and Amphibian Section Chair IUCN Species Survival Commission Reintroduction Specialist Group   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Decision analysis; Evidence based conservation; Means objectives; Practitioners; Reintroduction success; Stakeholder involvement; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; DECISION ANALYSIS; HERPETOFAUNA; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; TRANSLOCATION;

EID: 84921964454     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12146     Document Type: Article

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