Search results for "Reintroduction"
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Combining environmental DNA and species distribution modeling to evaluate reintroduction success of a freshwater fish
2019
Active species reintroduction is an important conservation tool when aiming for the restoration of biological communities and ecosystems. The effective monitoring of reintroduction success is a crucial factor in this process. Here, we used a combination of environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques and species distribution models (SDMs) to evaluate the success of recent reintroductions of the freshwater fish Alburnoides bipunctatus in central Germany. We built SDMs without and with eDNA presence data to locate further suitable reintroduction sites and potentially overlooked populations of the species. We successfully detected eDNA of A. bipunctatus at all reintroduction sites, as well as several a…
Factors influencing the distribution, abundance and nest-site selection of an endangered Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) population in Sicily
2003
Egyptian vulture (Neophrom percnopterus) breeds in Sicily and, in 22 years of monitoring, has shown a decline followed by a slight recovery. We used Generalised Linear Models to predict: (1) the distribution range, (2) the habitat selection within the range, (3) the quality (i.e., occupation rate, breeding success) of breeding sites. Some 60% of Sicily proved to be unsuitable, being either too densely forested and without cliffs for nesting, or too densely populated, along with intensive agriculture. The models converged, indicating that the pairs select a precise upland habitat where low cliffs, distant from urban areas, are surrounded by arboreal crops and Mediterranean vegetation. The va…
Recuperación y reintroducción de Marsilea quadrifolia en los arrozales del delta del Ebro (Tarragona, España).
2001
ESTRELLES, E., IBARS, A. M., IRANZO, J. & MORALES, F. 2001. Recuperation and reintroduction of Marsilea quadrifolia in the rice fields of the Ebro's Delta (Tarragona, Spain). Bot. Complutensis 25: 251-259. Marsilea quadrifolia has got to be a extincted species in the Ebro's Delta. In this work the process of recovery of the species is described by sporocarps localization in the soil, germination of the same ones in the laboratory and cultivation in pots of the obtained sporelings, from which we proceeded to the reintroduction of Marsilea quadrifolia in old rice fields inside the land of the Natural Park, as well as the conservation measures ex situ applied on this species that tradition…
IDPlanT: the Italian database of plant translocation
2021
IDPlanT is the Italian Database of Plant Translocation, an initiative of the Nature Conservation Working Group of the Italian Botanical Society. IDPlanT currently includes 185 plant translocations. The establishment of a national database on plant translocation is a key step forward in data sharing and techniques improvement in this field of plant conservation. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2021.1985004.