From individual behavior to population viability: implications for conservation and management

2016 ◽  
pp. 247-274
Author(s):  
Carmen Bessa Gomes ◽  
François Sarrazin
2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Shima ◽  
Lee Berger ◽  
Lee F. Skerratt

Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) is an iconic species in far north Queensland yet little is known about its health or population status. Studies on this species have been conducted in a limited number of locations and focused primarily on ecology, habitat use and home-range size. The species is relatively common in the Atherton Tablelands but habitat loss, predation by domestic, feral and wild dogs, vehicle strike, low fecundity, and disease have been identified as threats to the population. We review knowledge of population ecology and threats for this species, and include a novel collation of disease reports on all tree-kangaroos with particular reference to Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo. Health of Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo appears to be impacted by the increase in humans and domestic animals in their range. There have been reports of melioidosis, toxoplasmosis, tick paralysis and blindness in wild tree-kangaroos. We identify where increased information on health and population viability will improve conservation and management of the species.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-334
Author(s):  
Jeong-Cheol Lim ◽  
Kyung-Hwan Ahn ◽  
Byeong-Ki Choi ◽  
Gyeong-Yeon Lee

Author(s):  
Janet M. Ruth ◽  
Albert Manville ◽  
Ron Larkin ◽  
Wylie C. Barrow ◽  
Lori Johnson-Randall ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-75
Author(s):  
Augusto Fachín Terán ◽  
Eduardo Matheus Von Mülhen

In this study the nesting biology of Podocnem is unifilis was investigated from July to November 1998 at the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, located in the Solimões river, near Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil. Podocnemis unifilis nested in August and September, with the hatching event occurring in October and November. Nests were excavated in clay soils (67.5%), sand (25%), and leaf litter (7.5%). Hatching success was highest in the sand beach nests and lowest in the clay banks nests. Humans and the tegu lizard (Tupinambis) were the main egg predators. This turtle population can recover only by the protection of nesting beaches, educational programs for the in habitants of the Reserve, participation of the community in the conservation and management program , and permanent guarding of the nesting beaches by Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e Dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis-IBAMA authorities.


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