Recovery Activities Flashcards
Recovery Actions may include:
- Reintroductions
- Exotic Species Control
- Habitat Management
- Cooperative Stewardship
- Voluntary Landowner Programs
- Conservation Easement
- Ecosystem Based Management
- Protected Areas
- Education
- Harvest Regulation
- Seed / genome banking
- Assisted Reproduction
- Cloning
What are the 2 focuses within Habitat Management?
- Controlled burning / clearing
- Restoration
What are the 2 types of Cooperative Stewardship?
- Habitat Stewardship Program
- Citizen Guardian Programs
What are the 2 types of Voluntary Landowner Programs?
- Voluntary Ecological Reserves
- Mixed Grass Prairie Stewardship Program
What is translocation?
The human-mediated movement of living organisms from one area, with release in another.
What are the 2 main factors of Translocation?
- Population Restoration
- Conservation Introduction
What is Population Restoration?
Population restoration is any conservation translocation to within indigenous range
What are the 2 subprocesses of Population Restoration?
Reinforcement and Reintroduction
What is reinforcement?
the intentional movement and release of an organism into an existing population of conspecifics.
What is Reintroduction?
The intentional movement and release of an organism into an existing population of conspecifics.
What is Conservation Introduction?
The intentional movement and release of an organism outside its indigenous range.
What is the opposite of Population restoration?
Conservation introduction
What 2 processes exist within Conservation Introduction?
- Assisted Colonization
- Ecological Replacement
What is assisted colonization?
the intentional movement and release of an organism outside its indigenous range to avoid extinction of populations of the focal species
What is Ecological Replacement?
the intentional movement and release of an organism outside its indigenous range to perform a specific ecological function.
Draw the chart of “Translocation”
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What is the aim of reintroduction?
To establish a viable, free-ranging population in the wild, of a species, subspecies or race, which has become globally or locally extinct, or extirpated, in the wild.
What are some habitat characteristics in reintroduction?
- Release site should be within historic range
- Introduction outside of historic range should only be undertaken as a last resort when there are no opportunities within the historic range or when a significant contribution to the conservation of the species will result.
- Introduction should be at site with best habitat not necessarily the last place the species was found.
- Availability of suitable habitat? The area must still be capable of meeting the species critical needs
What are the 6 principles of reintroduction?
- Habitat
- Ecological
- Founders
- Captive Breeding
- Animal Welfare
- Sociological Considerations
What are some considerations in Captive Breeding re-introductions?
Many reintroductions are failures due to loss of natural behavioursassociated with wild fitness. These include inappropriate social behaviours, and conditioning, imprinting or habituation to humans.
In exotic species control, what are the three types of approaches used?
- Species
- Ecosystem
- Combined
How are management priorities done for species?
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How are Alien Plants ranked?
- Significant of threat or impact
- Innate ability to be a pest
- Difficulty of Control
How are management priorities done for sites?
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