{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Digby A"],"funding":["The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Endeavour Fund","The Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence","Alexander von Humboldt Foundation","University of Otago doctoral scholarship","National Science Foundation Track 2 EPSCoR Program","The European Association of Avian Veterinarians","The New Zealand government, public donations and commercial partners","Genomics Aotearoa High-Quality Genomes and Population Genomics project"],"pagination":["e14675"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9901309"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Animal conservation often requires intensive management actions to improve reproductive output, yet any adverse effects of these may not be immediately apparent, particularly in threatened species with small populations and long lifespans. Hand-rearing is an example of a conservation management strategy which, while boosting populations, can cause long-term demographic and behavioural problems. It is used in the recovery of the critically endangered kākāpō (<i>Strigops habroptilus</i>), a flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand, to improve the slow population growth that is due to infrequent breeding, low fertility and low hatching success.<h4>Methods</h4>We applied Bayesian mixed models to examine whether hand-rearing and other factors were associated with clutch ferti"],"journal":["PeerJ"],"pubmed_title":["Hidden impacts of conservation management on fertility of the critically endangered kakapo."],"pmcid":["PMC9901309"],"funding_grant_id":["UOCX1602","OIA-1826801"],"pubmed_authors":["Dearden PK","Lees C","Eason D","Guhlin J","Davis T","Le Lec MF","Joustra T","Catalina A","Urban L","Steeves TE","Vercoe D","Digby A","Lierz M","Galla S","Kākāpō Recovery Team"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Hidden impacts of conservation management on fertility of the critically endangered kakapo.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Animal conservation often requires intensive management actions to improve reproductive output, yet any adverse effects of these may not be immediately apparent, particularly in threatened species with small populations and long lifespans. Hand-rearing is an example of a conservation management strategy which, while boosting populations, can cause long-term demographic and behavioural problems. It is used in the recovery of the critically endangered kākāpō (<i>Strigops habroptilus</i>), a flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand, to improve the slow population growth that is due to infrequent breeding, low fertility and low hatching success.<h4>Methods</h4>We applied Bayesian mixed models to examine whether hand-rearing and other factors were associated with clutch ferti","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2026-03-17T15:55:12.212Z","creation":"2025-04-04T12:56:19.378Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9901309","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36755872"],"doi":["10.7717/peerj.14675"]}}