Philip J. Seddon

TL;DR: It is suggested that the best progress will be made when multidisciplinary teams of resource managers and scientists work in close collaboration and when results from comparative analyses, experiments, and modeling are combined within and among studies.

TL;DR: This work proposes ten key questions for reintroduction biology, with different questions focusing at the population, metapopulation and ecosystem level, and explains the conceptual framework behind each question, provides suggestions for the best methods to address them, and identifies links with the related disciplines of restoration ecology and invasion biology.

TL;DR: The full spectrum of conservation translocations is reviewed, from reinforcement and reintroduction to controversial conservation introductions that seek to restore populations outside their indigenous range or to introduce ecological replacements for extinct forms.

TL;DR: The global benefits of an increasingly used conservation action to stem biodiversity loss: eradication of invasive mammals on islands are estimated to be 107 highly threatened birds, mammals, and reptiles on the IUCN Red List—6% of all these highly threatened species—likely have benefitted from invasive mammal eradications on islands.

TL;DR: The aim of this opinion article is to describe and define a conservation translocation spectrum, from species reintroductions to assisted colonization, and beyond, and to provide a standard framework and terminology for discussing translocation options.