dc.contributor.author | Scheele, Ben C | |
dc.contributor.author | Hollanders, Matthijs | |
dc.contributor.author | Hoffmann, Emily P | |
dc.contributor.author | Newell, David A | |
dc.contributor.author | Lindenmayer, David B | |
dc.contributor.author | McFadden, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Gilbert, Deon J | |
dc.contributor.author | Grogan, Laura F | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-27T03:57:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-27T03:57:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2578-4854 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/csp2.524 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/408409 | |
dc.description.abstract | Emerging infectious diseases are an increasingly prominent threat to biodiversity. However, traditional methods in conservation generally have limited efficacy in the face of disease threats. Ironically, although unintentional human movement of species has facilitated the spread of pathogens, intentional conservation translocations are a promising approach to combatting disease threats under certain circumstances. Here, we summarize two decades of published literature on translocations of Australian frogs threatened by chytridiomycosis—a fungal disease that has caused amphibian declines and extinctions globally. We identify key motivations, considerations, and factors associated with outcomes, including the role of chytridiomycosis in failures. In an effort to improve success, we then propose a conceptual framework for determining when conservation translocations may be both feasible and beneficial, with a focus on understanding mechanisms favoring host persistence. Lastly, we build on our findings from the review and the conceptual framework to develop a set of recommendations to guide practitioners aiming to translocate amphibians as a conservation strategy in the face of chytridiomycosis. Although diseases pose a unique set of challenges for managing declining species in the wild, we argue that progress is likely with careful and well-informed adaptive management experiments to refine reintroduction and translocation efforts. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Conservation Science and Practice | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Ecology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Conservation and biodiversity | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3103 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 410401 | |
dc.subject.keywords | Science & Technology | |
dc.subject.keywords | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | |
dc.subject.keywords | adaptive management | |
dc.title | Conservation translocations for amphibian species threatened by chytrid fungus: A review, conceptual framework, and recommendations | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Scheele, BC; Hollanders, M; Hoffmann, EP; Newell, DA; Lindenmayer, DB; McFadden, M; Gilbert, DJ; Grogan, LF, Conservation translocations for amphibian species threatened by chytrid fungus: A review, conceptual framework, and recommendations, Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 | |
dcterms.license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-09-17T00:20:21Z | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.description.notepublic | This publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version. | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2021 The Authors. Conservation Science and Practice published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providedthe original work is properly cited | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Grogan, Laura F. | |