Advances in Reintroduction Biology of Australia and New Zealand Fauna

Table of Contents

pp. v-vi

List of contributors

pp. vii-xi

1 Introduction: the development of reintroduction biology in New Zealand and Australia

pp. 1-6

2 Release strategies for fauna reintroductions: theory and tests

pp. 7-16

3 Structured decision making for designing complex release strategies

pp. 17-27

4 The influence of predators and prey naivety on reintroduction success: current and future directions

pp. 29-42

5 Disease risk management in reintroduction

pp. 43-57

6 Considering dispersal in reintroduction and restoration planning

pp. 59-72

7 The roles of trials and experiments in fauna reintroduction programs

pp. 73-89

8 Advances in modelling projections for reintroduced populations

pp. 91-103

9 Proactive conservation or planned invasion? Past, current and future use of assisted colonisation

pp. 105-126

10 Conserving and enhancing genetic diversity in translocation programs

pp. 127-140

11 Metapopulation management of an extreme disease scenario

pp. 141-154

12 Using reintroduction to compensate for isolation in fragmented landscapes

pp. 155-165

13 Policy implications of ecosystem engineering for multiple ecosystem benefits

pp. 167-184

14 The impact of private sanctuary networks on reintroduction programs

pp. 185-199

15 Advances in the contribution of zoos to reintroduction programs

pp. 201-215

16 Forty years of fauna translocations in Western Australia: lessons learned

pp. 217-235

17 Underwater, out of sight: lessons from threatened freshwater fish translocations in Australia

pp. 237-253

18 Practical guidelines for planning and implementing fauna translocations

pp. 255-271

19 Evolution of the translocation approval process in Australia and New Zealand

pp. 273-284

20 Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna: progress, emerging themes and future directions

pp. 285-290

Index

pp. 291-303