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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Standards for documenting and monitoring bird reintroduction projects
Conservation Letters, Volume 3, No. 4, Year 2010
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Description
It would be much easier to assess the effectiveness of different reintroduction methods, and so improve the success of reintroductions, if there was greater standardization in documentation of the methods and outcomes. We suggest a series of standards for documenting and monitoring the methods and outcomes associated with reintroduction projects for birds. Key suggestions are: documenting the planned release before it occurs, specifying the information required on each release, postrelease monitoring occurring at standard intervals of 1 and 5 years (and 10 for long-lived species), carrying out a population estimate unless impractical, distinguishing restocked and existing individuals when supplementing populations, and documenting the results. We suggest these principles would apply, largely unchanged, to other vertebrate classes. Similar methods could be adopted for invertebrates and plants with appropriate modification. We suggest that organizations publically state whether they will adopt these approaches when undertaking reintroductions. Similar standardization would be beneficial for a wide range of topics in environmental monitoring, ecological studies, and practical conservation. ©2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sutherland, William J.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Armstrong, Doug P.
New Zealand, Palmerston North
Massey University
Butchart, Stuart H.M.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Earnhardt, Joanne M.
United States, Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Ewen, John G.
United Kingdom, London
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
Jamieson, Ian G.
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Jones, Carl G.
United Kingdom, Jersey
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Lee, Rebecca
United Kingdom, Slimbridge
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Newbery, Peter
United Kingdom, Bedford
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Nichols, James D.
United States, Laurel
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Parker, Kevin A.
New Zealand, Auckland
Massey University Auckland
Sarrazin, François
France, Paris
Sorbonne Université
Seddon, Philip J.
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Shah, Nirmal Jivan
Seychelles, Mahe
Nature Seychelles
Tatayah, Vikash R.V.
Mauritius, Vacoas
Mauritian Wildlife Foundation
Statistics
Citations: 137
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 14
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00113.x
e-ISSN:
1755263X
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study