Starting in the late 1970s, ecologists began unraveling the role of recently extinct large
vertebrates in evolutionary ecology and ecosystem dynamics. Three decades later …

We translocated 120 Agassiz's desert tortoises to 5 sites in Nevada and Utah to evaluate the
effects of translocation on tortoise survivorship, reproduction, and habitat use. Translocation …

Restoration of extirpated species via captive breeding has typically relied on population
viability as the primary criterion for evaluating success. This criterion is inadequate when …

Wildlife diversity and abundance are declining globally and population reinforcement with
captive‐reared animals is a common intervention used to prevent extinctions. Released …

One of the greatest challenges in restoring species to the wild is insufficient knowledge
about their habitat requirements and movement ecology. This is especially true for wide …

Recovery or sustainable management of wildlife populations often entails management of
habitat on which they depend. In this regard, turtles pose unique conservation challenges …

Population viability analyses are useful tools to predict abundance and extinction risk for
imperiled species. In southeastern North America, the federally threatened gopher tortoise …

Climatic shifts may increase the extinction risk of populations, especially when they are
already suffering from other anthropogenic impacts. Our ability to predict the consequences …

Turtles are being subjected to unprecedented collection for the illegal wildlife trade, but only
a portion of the trade is detected. When confiscations do happen, wildlife agencies must …

Translocations to restore populations of endangered species are an important conservation
tool, but a reliable diagnosis is needed to assess their success. We used capture-recapture …