What is species translocation? - Patashala9

Saturday 3 January 2015

What is species translocation?

What is species translocation?
Translocation in wildlife conservation is the capture , transport and release or introduction of species, habitats or other ecological material (such as soil) from one location to an-other. It contrasts with reintroduction, a term which is generally used to denote the introduction into the wild of species from captive stock.


There three types of species translocation-introduction, re-introduction and restocking.

Translocation is an effective management strategy and important topic in conservation biology. It decreases the risk of extinction by increasing the range of a species, augmenting the numbers in a critical population, or establishing new populations thus reducing the risk of extinction.This improves the level of biodiversity in the ecosystem. Translocation may be expensive and is often subject to public scrutiny, particularly when the species involved is charismatic or perceived as dangerous (for example wolf reintroduction).

Translocation as a tool is used to reduce the risk of a catastrophe to a species with a single population.Several critically endangered plant species in the southwest considered for translocation.

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