Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Reintroducing species in the 21st century: incorporating climate change into translocation and de-extinction programs

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Peers, Michael J L, Thesis advisor (ths): Murray, Dennis L, Degree committee member (dgc): Thornton, Daniel H, Degree committee member (dgc): Schaefer, James A, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Climate change has had numerous impacts on species' distributions by shifting suitable habitat to higher latitudes and elevations. These shifts pose new challenges to biodiversity management, in particular translocations, where suitable habitat is considered crucial for the reintroduced population. De-extinction is a new conservation tool, similar to reintroduction, except that the… more
Full Text: REINTRODUCING SPECIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: INCORPERATING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO TRANSLOCATION AND DE-EXTINCTION PROGRAMS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in …