The rate of global climate change is projected to outpace the ability of many natural
populations and species to adapt. Assisted migration (AM), which is defined as the managed …

In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems
on all continents and across the oceans and many species have shifted their geographic …

Ecological surrogacy–here defined as using a process or element (eg, species, ecosystem,
or abiotic factor) to represent another aspect of an ecological system–is a widely used …

The IUCN recently coordinated the first assessment of extinction risk of the world's reptile
species. This monumental undertaking allows, for the first time, an examination of threats …

Severe impacts on biodiversity are predicted to arise from climate change. These impacts
may not be adequately addressed by conventional approaches to conservation. As a result …

Conservation interventions such as assisted migration and genetic alterations are
controversial in part because, through unintended hybridization events, they may imperil …

Global reintroduction perspectives, 2018: case studies from around the globe Page 2 i Global
Reintroduction Perspectives: 2018 Case studies from around the globe Edited by Pritpal S …

Understanding the mechanisms underlying population declines is critical for preventing the
extinction of endangered populations. Positive feedbacks can hasten the process of …

Organisms become adapted to their environment by evolving through natural selection, a
process that generally transpires over many generations. Currently, anthropogenically …

This article takes the case of Scottish wildcats, threatened with extinction through
hybridisation with feral domestic cats, as a site for exploring what it means to conserve a …