Swift action increases the success of population reinforcement for a declining prairie grouse.

ABSTRACT: Translocations have become an increasingly valuable tool for conservation in recent years, but assessing the successfulness of translocations and identifying factors that contribute to their success continue to challenge biologists. As a unique class of translocation, population reinforcements have received relatively little attention despite representing a substantial portion of translocation programs. Here, we conducted population viability analyses to quantify the effects of 216 reinforcement scenarios on the long-term viability of four populations of Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) in Wisconsin, USA, and used multiple linear regression to identify factors that had the greatest relative influence on population viability. We considered reinforcements from ou

SUBMITTER: Hardy MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5792513 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature