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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"soft-release"”.
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Understanding the temporal variability of skin-associated bacterial communities for the conservation of threatened amphibian species
… limosus, an endangered amphibian species, after soft-release into natural habitat with the use of mesocosms. I found that the skin bacterial communities reverted to wild-type fairly quickly, body condition decreased to come closer to wild conspecifics, and 15% of the frogs became infected with Bd …
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The reintroduction of the Aldabra rail Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus to Picard Island, Aldabra Atoll
… Rails in the field. All 18 remaining birds were released on Picard and survived beyond the first breeding season. Eight pairs had bonded and successfully reared a minimum of 13 chicks within five months of release. Eleven monitored pairs reared 20 chicks in 2000/2001, with one-year-old birds …
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Fitness for the Ark : are zoo bred amphibians ready to go back to the wild?
… stage for this research would be to test if a soft-release reintroduction protocol would work as a mitigating measure. If, during a soft release, the behavioural and morphological differences observed between captive and wild individuals diminished, then it could be a time and cost effective …
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Reintroduction Biology of Head-Started Ornate Box Turtles
… exhibited equal reintroduction success when, 1) released at a site that is known to support a viable ornate box turtle population, 2) ‘soft-released' in a fenced enclosure at a site where very few ornate box turtles persist, or 3) ‘hard-released' at the same site without the protection of a …
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Effect of Coyotes and Release Site Selection on Survival and Movement of Translocated Swift Foxes in the Badlands Ecosystem of South Dakota
<p>Success of different release strategies for swift fox (Vulpes velox) translocation was evaluated in the Badlands Ecosystem in southwestern South Dakota. Release site selection (outside coyote [Canis latrans] core-use areas compared to random release sites) and release method (i.e., hard, …