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DOI	10.1111/cobi.13301
	Multiyear monitoring of survival following mitigation-driven translocation of a long-lived threatened reptile
	Dickson, Brett G.1,2; Scherer, Rick D.1; Kissel, Amanda M.1; Wallace, Bryan P.1; Langin, Kathryn M.1; Gray, Miranda E.1; Scheib, Amanda F.3; Weiser, Bruce 4
通讯作者	Dickson, Brett G.
来源期刊	CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
ISSN	0888-8892
EISSN	1523-1739
出版年	2019
卷号	33 期号:5 页码:1094-1105
英文摘要	Translocation is used by managers to mitigate the negative impacts of development on species. Moving individuals to a new location is challenging, and many translocation attempts have failed. Robust, posttranslocation monitoring is therefore important for evaluating effects of translocation on target species. We evaluated the efficacy of a translocation designed to mitigate the effects of a utility-scale solar energy project on the U.S. federally listed Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). The species is a long-lived reptile threatened by a variety of factors, including habitat loss due to renewable energy development in the Mojave Desert and portions of the Colorado Desert in southern California (southwestern United States). We translocated 58 individual tortoises away from the project's construction site and intensively monitored them over 5 years (2012-2017). We monitored these individuals and tortoises located in the translocation release area (resident tortoises; n = 112) and control tortoises (n = 149) in a nearby location. We used our tortoise encounter data and known-fate survival models to estimate annual and cumulative survival. Translocated tortoises in each of 2 size classes (120-160 mm, >160 mm) did not survive at lower rates than resident and control tortoises over the study period. For models with different sets of biotic and abiotic covariates, annual and cumulative estimates of survival were always >0.87 and >0.56, respectively. Larger tortoises tended to have higher survival, but translocated tortoises were not differentially affected by the covariates used to model variation in survival. Based on these findings, our translocation design and study protocols could inform other translocation projects for desert species. Our case study highlights the benefits of combining rigorous scientific monitoring with well-designed, mitigation-driven management actions to reduce the negative effects of development on species of conservation concern.
英文关键词	climate, conservation, desert ecosystems, habitat, renewable energy development
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000485281800012
WOS关键词	TORTOISES GOPHERUS-AGASSIZII ; DESERT TORTOISE ; MOJAVE DESERT ; CONSERVATION TOOL ; MOVEMENT ; PATTERNS ; GROWTH
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/214969
作者单位	1.Conservat Sci Partners Inc, 11050 Pioneer Trail,Suite 202, Truckee, CA 96161 USA; 2.No Arizona Univ, Sch Earth & Sustainabil, Landscape Conservat Initiat, POB 5694, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA; 3.Scheib Biol LLC, 2625 Chateau Clermont St, Henderson, NV 89044 USA; 4.Southwestern Ecol Res Co, 215 E 18th St, Tucson, AZ 85701 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dickson, Brett G.,Scherer, Rick D.,Kissel, Amanda M.,et al. Multiyear monitoring of survival following mitigation-driven translocation of a long-lived threatened reptile[J],2019,33(5):1094-1105.
APA	Dickson, Brett G..,Scherer, Rick D..,Kissel, Amanda M..,Wallace, Bryan P..,Langin, Kathryn M..,...&Weiser, Bruce.(2019).Multiyear monitoring of survival following mitigation-driven translocation of a long-lived threatened reptile.CONSERVATION BIOLOGY,33(5),1094-1105.
MLA	Dickson, Brett G.,et al."Multiyear monitoring of survival following mitigation-driven translocation of a long-lived threatened reptile".CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 33.5(2019):1094-1105.