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dc.contributor.authorBradley, H.S.
dc.contributor.authorTomlinson, Sean
dc.contributor.authorCraig, M.D.
dc.contributor.authorCross, Adam
dc.contributor.authorBateman, Bill
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-19T02:32:06Z
dc.date.available2021-07-19T02:32:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationBradley, H.S. and Tomlinson, S. and Craig, M.D. and Cross, A.T. and Bateman, P.W. 2020. Mitigation translocation as a management tool. Conservation Biology.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84613
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cobi.13667
dc.description.abstract

Mitigation translocation is a subgroup of conservation translocation, categorized by a crisis-responsive time frame and the immediate goal of relocating individuals threatened with death. However, the relative successes of conservation translocations with longer time frames and broader metapopulation- and ecosystem-level considerations have been used to justify the continued implementation of mitigation translocations without adequate post hoc monitoring to confirm their effectiveness as a conservation tool. Mitigation translocations now outnumber other conservation translocations, and understanding the effectiveness of mitigation translocations is critical given limited global conservation funding especially if the mitigation translocations undermine biodiversity conservation by failing to save individuals. We assessed the effectiveness of mitigation translocations by conducting a quantitative review of the global literature. A total of 59 mitigation translocations were reviewed for their adherence to the adaptive scientific approach expected of other conservation translocations and for the testing of management options to continue improving techniques for the future. We found that mitigation translocations have not achieved their potential as an effective applied science. Most translocations focused predominantly on population establishment- and persistence-level questions, as is often seen in translocations more broadly, and less on metapopulation and ecosystem outcomes. Questions regarding the long-term impacts to the recipient ecosystem (12% of articles) and the carrying capacity of translocation sites (24% of articles) were addressed least often, despite these factors being more likely to influence ultimate success. Less than half (47%) of studies included comparison of different management techniques to facilitate practitioners selecting the most effective management actions for the future. To align mitigation translocations with the relative success of other conservation translocations, it is critical that future mitigation translocations conform to an established experimental approach to improve their effectiveness. Effective mitigation translocations will require significantly greater investment of time, expertise, and resources in the future.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWILEY
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/IC150100041
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectBiodiversity Conservation
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subjectBiodiversity & Conservation
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences & Ecology
dc.subjectbiodiversity conservation
dc.subjecthuman&#8211
dc.subjectwildlife interaction
dc.subjectmitigation hierarchy
dc.subjectphased destruction
dc.subjecttranslocation biology
dc.subjectbiolog&#237
dc.subjecta de la translocaci&#243
dc.subjectn
dc.subjectconservaci&#243
dc.subjectn de la biodiversidad
dc.subjectdestrucci&#243
dc.subjectn gradual
dc.subjectinteracci&#243
dc.subjectn humanos&#8208
dc.subjectvida silvestre
dc.subjectjerarqu&#237
dc.subjecta de mitigaci&#243
dc.titleMitigation translocation as a management tool
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.issn0888-8892
dcterms.source.titleConservation Biology
dc.date.updated2021-07-19T02:32:05Z
curtin.note

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bradley, H.S., Tomlinson, S., Craig, M.D., Cross, A.T. and Bateman, P.W. (2022), Mitigation translocation as a management tool. Conservation Biology, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13667. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

curtin.departmentSchool of Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidBateman, Bill [0000-0002-3036-5479]
curtin.contributor.orcidTomlinson, Sean [0000-0003-0864-5391]
curtin.contributor.orcidCross, Adam [0000-0002-5214-2612]
curtin.contributor.researcheridCross, Adam [F-5450-2012]
dcterms.source.eissn1523-1739
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridBateman, Bill [7006469998]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridTomlinson, Sean [22036612300]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridCross, Adam [55829876800]


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