Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-ecological PerspectiveMichael E. Soulé, Bruce A. Wilcox |
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... wisent ( European bison ) ( Figure 1 ) was bred in various European zoos and later released into nature reserves in Poland , where the animals have survived through several generations . The Bavarian National Park has been stocked with ...
... wisent ( European bison ) ( Figure 1 ) was bred in various European zoos and later released into nature reserves in Poland , where the animals have survived through several generations . The Bavarian National Park has been stocked with ...
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... wisent ( Bison bonasus ) . By the end of the Second World War only 15 individuals reportedly remained in the primeval forests of Bialowieza , Poland . These individuals formed the basis of a breeding pro- gram and subsequent successful ...
... wisent ( Bison bonasus ) . By the end of the Second World War only 15 individuals reportedly remained in the primeval forests of Bialowieza , Poland . These individuals formed the basis of a breeding pro- gram and subsequent successful ...
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LAWRENCE E GILBERT | 11 |
JARED M DIAMOND | 57 |
BRUCE A WILCOX | 95 |
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adult Africa age class age distribution animals Barro Colorado Island behavior biological biologists biomass birds bush meat captive breeding CAPTIVE PROPAGATION changes Chapter chromosome climatic conservation biology density Diamond dispersal disturbance diversity domestic ecological ecosystems effective population size Eisenberg equation evolutionary example extinction rates faunas fecundity female Figure frugivores gene genetic genetic drift growth rate Guinea habitat harvest heliconiines herbivores heterozygosity home range important inbreeding depression increase individuals insects insular ecology isolated km² land land-bridge islands large mammals loss lowland maintained males mammals mating microhabitats mutualists National Park nature reserves neotropical number of species occur offspring percent plants Pleistocene population growth potential probably production rainfall require result sample SAN DIEGO savanna selection small populations SOCIOBIOLOGY Soulé speciation strategy studies successional survival rates Table taxa Terborgh terrestrial tion trees tropical forests tropical rain forest variance vegetation vertebrates wild wildlife zoos