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There is no longer any sharp distinction between wild and captive animal populations. The effects of human activities on natural environments have been so far-reaching that there is now a continuous spectrum extending from limited groups of animals maintained in small enclosures through a range of intermediate conditions to free-living populations in relatively undisturbed environments. In all cases, at least some degree of management is now necessary and the basic issues with respect to endangered species are essentially the same across the spectrum. Effective management of endangered species requires a thorough grounding in conservation biology, a newly-emergent synthetic discipline within universities. Among other things, this discipline should provide training for application of developments in reproductive biology, conservation genetics, evolutionary biology, wildlife ecology, wildlife health and disease, restoration ecology, reintroduction management and environmental economics. Such applications in turn benefit from close cooperation between university-based researchers and managers of endangered species in zoos and reserves. Only in exceptional cases do zoos or reserves have direct access to specialized facilities on site.
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Vàsàrhelyi, K., Martin, R.D. (1994). Evolutionary biology, genetics and the management of endangered primate species. In: Olney, P.J.S., Mace, G.M., Feistner, A.T.C. (eds) Creative Conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0721-1_6
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