Quantity versus Quality in California Condor Reintroduction: Reply to Beres and Starfield
نویسندگان
چکیده
*School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405–1701, U.S.A., email [email protected] †P.O. Box 16426, Portal, AZ 85632, U.S.A. ‡Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, 151 Hilgard Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720–3114, U.S.A. §Wind Wolves Preserve, P.O. Box 189, Maricopa, CA 93252, U.S.A. **Grambling Cooperative Wildlife Project, Grambling State University, P.O. Box 841, Grambling, LA 71245, U.S.A.
منابع مشابه
Spatiotemporal patterns and risk factors for lead exposure in endangered California condors during 15 years of reintroduction.
Large-scale poisoning events are common to scavenging bird species that forage communally, many of which are in decline. To reduce the threat of poisoning and compensate for other persistent threats, management, including supplemental feeding, is ongoing for many reintroduced and endangered vulture populations. Through a longitudinal study of lead exposure in California condors (Gymnogyps calif...
متن کاملPatterns of mortality in free-ranging California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus).
We document causes of death in free-ranging California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus) from the inception of the reintroduction program in 1992 through December 2009 to identify current and historic mortality factors that might interfere with establishment of self-sustaining populations in the wild. A total of 135 deaths occurred from October 1992 (the first post-release death) through Decemb...
متن کاملThe Elephants in the Room: Sex, HIV, and LGBT Populations in MENA. Intersectionality in Lebanon; Comment on “Improving the Quality and Quantity of HIV Data in the Middle East and North Africa: Key Challenges and Ways Forward”
In response to this insightful editorial, we wish to provide commentary that seeks to highlight recent successes and illuminate the often unspoken hurdles at the intersections of culture, politics, and taboo. We focus on sexual transmission and draw examples from Lebanon, where the pursuit of data in quality and quantity is teaching us lessons about the way forward and where we are experiencing...
متن کاملLimited Geographic Variation in the Vocalizations of the Endangered Thick-billed Parrot: Implications for Conservation Strategies.
The populations of many species are declining worldwide, and conservation efforts struggle to keep pace with extinction rates. Conservation biologists commonly employ strategies such as translocation and reintroduction, which move individuals of endangered species from one part of their range to another. Because individuals from endangered populations are nonexpendable, identifying any potentia...
متن کاملBiography of a ‘‘Feathered Pig’’: The California Condor Conservation Controversy
In the early 20th century, after hundreds of years of gradual decline, the California condor emerged as an object of intensive scientific study, an important conservation target, and a cultural icon of the American wilderness preservation movement. Early condor researchers generally believed that the species’ survival depended upon the preservation of its wilderness habitat. However, beginning ...
متن کامل