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View article: What the Turtles Taught Us: Improving Migratory Outcomes for Eastern Long‐Necked Turtles Across Conservation Fences
What the Turtles Taught Us: Improving Migratory Outcomes for Eastern Long‐Necked Turtles Across Conservation Fences Open
In Australia, conservation fences are widely used to enclose threatened native species in an area while excluding European Red Foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) and Cats ( Felis catus ) that threaten them. However, conservation fences can have unint…
View article: Be nimble with threat mitigation: lessons learned from the reintroduction of an endangered species
Be nimble with threat mitigation: lessons learned from the reintroduction of an endangered species Open
Reintroductions are increasingly being used to restore species and ecosystems. However, chances of successful establishment are often low. Key to improving success is careful consideration of threats, threat mitigation, monitoring, and sub…
View article: Somewhat saved: a captive breeding programme for two endemic Christmas Island lizard species, now extinct in the wild
Somewhat saved: a captive breeding programme for two endemic Christmas Island lizard species, now extinct in the wild Open
As with many islands, Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean has suffered severe biodiversity loss. Its terrestrial lizard fauna comprised five native species, of which four were endemic. These were abundant until at least the late 1970s, bu…