Authors:
Hunter, Jr. M.L.
Publication Date:
2007
Abstract/Summary:
I think it is useful to advance this exercise by considering three issues that can also be construed as continua: species that are more or less acceptable to translocate, sites that are more or less acceptable for receiving translocations, and projects that are more or less acceptable because of their socioeconomic ramifications and feasibility. I have used the term assisted colonization in contrast to assisted migration used by McLachlan et al. because many animal ecologists reserve the word migration for the seasonal, round-trip movements of animals and because the real goal of translocation goes beyond assisting dispersal to assuring successful colonization, a step that will often require extended husbandry.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Conservation Biology
Link:
http://ecologia.icb.ufmg.br/~rpcoelho/comunidades/Artigos_2008/ecs08_10.pdf