The Appropriateness of Puppet‐Rearing Birds for Reintroduction

Valutis, Laura L.; Marzluff, John M.

doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97443.x

Cited by 19 publications

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“…For species that have a tendency to habituate, it is also crucial to reduce any human contact during their upbringing in captivity (e.g. through puppet-rearing of chicks, Valutis & Marzluff, 1999).…”

Section: Animal Behavior Difficultiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conservation translocations: a review of common difficulties and promising directions

Berger‐Tal

Blumstein

Swaisgood

2019

Animal Conservation

243

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Translocations are a common conservation and management strategy, but despite their popularity, translocations are a high‐cost endeavor with a history of failures. It is therefore imperative to maximize their success by learning from our collective experience. The Global Re‐introduction Perspectives Series is a collection of conservation translocation case studies, generated by the IUCN’s Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, and presented in a structured format with an emphasis on practical information. All 293 animal translocation case studies to date include a section in which the authors list the difficulties they have faced during the translocation project, with over 1200 difficulties described so far. We reviewed all difficulties reported in the series to get insights into the common perceived difficulties faced by wildlife managers during animal translocations. The most reported‐upon problems had to do with animal behavior, followed by monitoring difficulties, lack of funding, quality of release habitat, lack of baseline knowledge and lack of public support. We scrutinized each of these difficulties to highlight future research directions that are most likely to improve translocation success, and put a special emphasis on difficulties stemming from animal behavior, and on solutions that may alleviate these problems and improve conservation translocation success world‐wide.

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Section: Animal Behavior Difficultiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conservation translocations: a review of common difficulties and promising directions

Berger‐Tal

Blumstein

Swaisgood

2019

Animal Conservation

243

269

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“…For example, hand rearing of captive animals has been criticized for the likelihood that abnormal behaviors will occur after release; however, the perception that parent‐rearing methods will always be superior is being challenged by the results of a number of well‐designed experimental studies (Kreger et al 2005). For example, hand rearing with puppets results in increased vigilance and possibly contributes to increased survival of the Common Raven ( Corvus corax ), used as a model for the Hawaiian Crow ( C. hawaiiensis ) and the Mariana Crow ( C. kubaryi ) (Valutis & Marzluff 1999). Results of a 4‐year experiment comparing hand‐reared and parent‐reared Mississippi Sandhill Cranes ( Grus canadensis pulla ) demonstrated that hand‐reared cranes had better postrelease survival (Ellis et al 2000).…”

Section: Experiments To Mitigate the Effects Of Captivity In Reintrodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing the Science of Reintroduction Biology

Seddon

Armstrong

Maloney³

2007

Conservation Biology

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With recent increases in the numbers of species reintroduction projects and reintroduction-related publications, there is now a recognizable field of reintroduction biology. Nevertheless, research thus far has been fragmented and ad hoc, rather than an organized attempt to gain reliable knowledge to improve reintroduction success. We reviewed 454 recent (1990-2005) peer-reviewed papers dealing with wildlife reintroductions from 101 journals. Most research has been retrospective, either opportunistic evaluations of techniques or general project summaries, and most inference is gained from post hoc interpretation of monitoring results on a species-by-species basis. Documentation of reintroduction outcomes has improved, however, and the derivation of more general principles via meta-analyses is expected to increase. The fragmentation of the reintroduction literature remains an obstacle. There is scope to improve reintroduction biology by greater application of the hypothetico-deductive method, particularly through the use of modeling approaches and well-designed experiments. Examples of fruitful approaches in reintroduction research include experimental studies to improve outcomes from the release of captive-bred animals, use of simulation modeling to identify factors affecting the viability of reintroduced populations, and the application of spatially explicit models to plan for and evaluate reintroductions. We recommend that researchers contemplating future reintroductions carefully determine a priori the specific goals, overall ecological purpose, and inherent technical and biological limitations of a given reintroduction and that evaluation processes incorporate both experimental and modeling approaches. We suggest that the best progress will be made when multidisciplinary teams of resource managers and scientists work in close collaboration and when results from comparative analyses, experiments, and modeling are combined within and among studies.

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“…Limited contact with humans prevents tameness. For instance, use of puppet-rearing parents can be envisaged for birds (Valutis & Marzluff 1999). (b) To limit later genetic introgression in the wild target population the strain used in captivity should be as genetically close as possible to the former.…”

Section: Implications For Management and Policy-makingmentioning

confidence: 99%