CONSERVATION /IN SITU/

Abstract. Comprehensive assessments of species’ extinction risks have documented the extinction crisis and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks. Glo...

Abstract. Strategies for conservation of endangered amphibian and reptile species are discussed. One fifth of all vertebrates belongs to the category of “enda...

Abstract. Methods from genetics and genomics can be employed to help save endangered species. One potential use is to provide a rational strategy for selecting...

Abstract. The North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine (NCSU-CVM) Turtle Rescue Team (TRT) is a veterinary student–run organization that ...

Lizards and snakes in Great Britain have declined, primarily due to habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation. Even on protected sites they have not always b...

Translocation is a common conservation tool and often involves founders that are reared in captivity. Why some translocations succeed and others fail is not we...

The endemic Philippine crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis is categorized as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.Previously widely distributed throughout t...

This paper explores the extent to which reintroduction of captive-born animals is being used as a conservation strategy, the extent to which zoos are participa...

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Abstract. Ex situ conservation of animal populations may benefit from captive-breeding programmes, but these are criticised because they are assumed to be diff...

Several excursions to potential turtle habitats were carried out in summer this year (2014) by theARCO-TRCC reperesentative Nabin Bhattarai and yielded most up...

Abstract. With amphibians declining globally, conservation breeding and reintroduction programmes are increasinglyimportant management tools. Here we examine w...

Abstract. Animals that are isolated from their natural predators may lose the ability to express antipredator behavior.The aim of this study was to test whethe...

The consequences of inbreeding in small isolated populations are well documented, yet populations are often managed in isolation to avoid irreversibly mixing g...

If you are reading this, we hope you are someone who has to make decisions about how best to support or conserve biodiversity. You might be a land manager, a c...

The Egyptian tortoise Testudo kleinmanni (Family Testudinidae) is a small-sized tortoise with a carapace length of up to 140 mm that inhabits an arid to se...