Translocation digest: November 2013

Projects:

New area selected for reintroduction of Puerto Rican parrotsGlobalPost

San Juan, Nov 21 (EFE).- The Maricao State Forest in western Puerto Rico has been selected as the site for a third colony in the wild of Puerto Rican parrots on ...

See all stories on this topic » Endangered ferrets reintroduced on ranchLa Junta Tribune Democrat The ferrets, which are one of North America's most endangered mammals, were reintroducedon the Walker Ranch in Pueblo County. The event was hosted by ... See all stories on this topic » Protecting Gir's lions: Kuno's gun culture worries expertsTimes of India The report says that 40% of the revenue generated from the lionreintroduction project should percolate to local marginalized communities if anti-social activities ... See all stories on this topic » In a first, sambars to be shifted and reintroducedTimes of India NAGPUR: For the first time in the country, a non-endangered animal, the sambar, is being shifted and reintroduced to ensure that they procreate at a fast rate ... See all stories on this topic » Bighorns will be reintroduced to Catalinasazcentral The project will reintroduce bighorns to an area considered ideal terrain for the ... Some Tucson-area residents are worried that reintroduction of bighorns to ... See all stories on this topic

Publications:

Du, H., Wang, C.Y., Wei, Q.W., Zhang, H., Wu, J.M. and Li, L. (2013), Distribution and movement of juvenile and sub-adult Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835) in the Three Gorges Reservoir and the adjacent upstream free-flowing Yangtze River section: a re-introduction trial. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 29: 1383–1388. doi: 10.1111/jai.12343

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8. Galbusera P (2013). 
Is population structure in the European white stork determined by flyway permeability rather than translocation history? Ecology and Evolution 3(15): 4881–4895