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Saving Endangered Species by TranslocationAre we tinkering with evolution
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In this article, the Laysan finch (Telespyza cantans) and a rock wallaby (Petrogale sp) were found to diverge very rapidly from parent populations.Abstract:
species itself. Recent studies conducted in Hawaii of the Laysan finch (Telespyza cantans; Figure 1), endemic to Laysan Island, and a rock wallaby (Petrogale sp.; Figure 2) on the island of Oahu suggest that translocated populations may diverge very rapidly from parent populations. If this differentiation is genetically based, such translocations may represent human intervention in the evolutionary process, and wildlife managers need to consider this possibility when deciding whether to try translocation to save a threatened species. Recently Scott and Carpenter (1987) called attention to the fact that past attempts at reintroduction or translocation of a species have been poorly documented, leaving managers at a disadvantage in planning new programs. Translocations can haveread more
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Translocation as a Species Conservation Tool: Status and Strategy
TL;DR: Surveys of recent intentional releases of native birds and mammals to the wild in Australia, Canada, Hawaii, New Zealand, and the United States were conducted to document current activities, identify factors associated with success, and suggest guidelines for enhancing future work.
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Estimation of Growth and Extinction Parameters for Endangered Species
TL;DR: The model suggests that the Puerto Rican Parrot faces little risk of extinction from ordinary environmental fluctuations, provided intensive management efforts continue, and can be useful for investigating various scientific and management questions concerning species preservation.
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Conservation units and translocations : strategies for conserving evolutionary processes
TL;DR: It is suggested that the conservation goal should be to conserve ecological and evolutionary processes; rather than to preserve specific phenotypic variants - the products of those processes - to conserve historically isolated sets of populations.
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Dispersal Can Limit Local Plant Distribution
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TL;DR: The results suggest that some species may be unable to disperse naturally out of their existing ranges in response to global climate change particularly if habitat fragmentation creates barriers to dispersal These species may have to be assisted to reach suitable sites nearby to prevent their extinction in the wild.
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Intense Natural Selection in a Population of Darwin's Finches (Geospizinae) in the Galápagos
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TL;DR: Survival of Darwin's finches through a drought on Daphne Major Island was nonrandom and selection intensities are the highest yet recorded for a vertebrate population.
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Release of captive-reared or translocated endangered birds: What do we need to know?
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