Diagnosing mechanisms of decline and planning for recovery of an endangered brown bear (Ursus arctos) population.

BACKGROUND: The usual paradigm for translocations is that they should not take place in declining populations until the causes(s) of the decline has been reversed. This approach sounds intuitive, but may not apply in cases where population decline is caused by behavioral or demographic mechanisms th...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Chapron, Robert Wielgus, Pierre-Yves Quenette, Jean-Jacques Camarra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2762028?pdf=render