Taxonomic bias in reintroduction projects

By P. Seddon, P. Soorae, F. Launay. 2005

260 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Plant Science

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In Ecological Modeling

1. Pedro Cardoso
2. P. Borges
3. P. Seddon
4. Andrew Pullin
5. G. Stewart
6. D. Armstrong
7. R. Maloney
8. K. A. Triantis

In Ecology

1. P. Seddon
2. D. Armstrong
3. Pedro Cardoso
4. P. Borges
5. R. Maloney
6. C. Kaiser‐Bunbury
7. D. Hansen
8. J. Baillie

In Plant Science

1. A. Traveset
2. C. Kaiser‐Bunbury
3. D. Armstrong
4. D. Hansen
5. R. Maloney
6. Pedro Cardoso
7. K. Kirby
8. P. Seddon

Citations in the corpus

• What are we saving? Developing a standardized approach for conservation action (2009, background): “Our results are consistent with earlier studies which demonstrate that large-bodied mammals are disproportionately represented in captive breeding programmes (Balmford, Mace & Leader-Williams, 1996), reintroduction projects (Seddon et al., 2005), as flagship species (Clucas, McHugh & Caro, 2008) and”
• Minimizing genetic adaptation in captive breeding programs: A review (2009, background): “…bacteria and plants in this review due to a strong bias towards vertebrates in both reintroduction projects and zoological publications (Wemmer et al., 1997; Seddon et al., 2005) although it should be noted that both have demonstrated adaptation to captive situations (Allard, 1988; Korona, 1996).”
• Species appeal predicts conservation status (2013, background): “A focus on ‘‘charismatic’’ species may serve to garner public support for conservation, but it may also divert scarce resources away from threatened taxa (Seddon et al., 2005).”
• Rewilding: Science, Practice, and Politics (2015, background): “Restoration of species for rewilding is usually focused on what are believed to be keystone species, and this selection is frequently geared toward selected groups of charismatic flagship animals (123).”
• Bias and dispersal in the animal reintroduction literature (2010, methodology): “Firstly, the bias towards vertebrates in the number of reintroduction projects (Seddon et al., 2005).”
• Holding up a mirror to the society: Children recognize exotic species much more than local ones (2013, background): “Moreover, mammal species are the most represented in conservation programmes (Seddon et al., 2005).”
• The effects of captive experience on reintroduction survival in carnivores: A review and analysis (2008, background): “Within mammals, two Orders are particularly overrepresented in reintroductions, artiodactylids (e.g. ungulates) and carnivores (Seddon et al., 2005).”
• Conservation and restoration of plant–animal mutualisms on oceanic islands (2010, background): “This is simply because our understanding of insect conservation—and even more so for insect restoration—is much less developed than for vertebrates (e.g. Seddon et al., 2005), especially so on islands (Motala et al., 2007; Gerlach, 2008).”
• Developing the Science of Reintroduction Biology (2007, methodology): “The availability of commercial programs such as VORTEX has facilitated the application of population modeling in reintroduction planning (e.g., Bustamante 1998) and postrelease evaluation (e.g., Slotta-Bachmayr et al. 2004).”
• Public attitudes to the management of invasive non-native species in Scotland (2007, background): “364 365 Species and taxonomic bias effects 366 Researchers have previously demonstrated taxonomic bias in conservation research and in 367 reintroduction projects (Seddon et al., 2005), with a focus on mammals and to a lesser extent birds.”
• Growth and demography of a re‐introduced population of White‐tailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla (2009, background): “It is widely used for birds (Seddon et al. 2005) and, in particular, birds of prey (Sarrazin et al. 1996, Evans et al. 1999, Meretsky et al. 2000, O’Toole et al. 2002).”
• Adapting the IUCN Red List criteria for invertebrates (2011, background): “This taxonomic bias is also pervasive in species inventories (Gaston and Rodrigues, 2003; Pressey, 2004), species reintroduction projects (Seddon et al., 2005), invasive species studies (Pysek et al.”
• Practical Considerations for the Reintroduction of Large, Terrestrial, Mammalian Predators Based on Reintroductions to South Africa's Eastern Cape Province (2007, unknown): “1874-8392/07 2007 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.”