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Optimal Locations for Plant Reintroductions in a Changing World

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Plant Reintroduction in a Changing Climate

Part of the book series: The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration ((SPER))

Abstract

Of all conservation strategies currently practiced throughout the world, reintroductions require the most sophisticated understanding of species biology and ecology (Falk et al. 1996). Whether augmenting existing populations, reintroducing within a species’ known range, or introducing to a location outside the known range, finding optimal sites for long-term survival, growth, reproduction, and establishment of new populations is often “not as self-evident as it might otherwise seem” (Fiedler and Laven 1996, p. 157). Identifying appropriate habitat is essential to establish sustainable populations in existing or new locations, and yet for many species of conservation concern habitat needs are unknown. This uncertainty takes on even more importance in the context of contemporary and projected near-term changes in landscape and regional climate (Giorgi and Francisco 2000; Millar et al. 2007).

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  1. Northern Arizona University, Florida International University, and University of Miami, USA

    Joyce Maschinski

  2. University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Donald A. Falk (associate professor)

  3. University of Florida, USA

    Samuel J. Wright (biologist)

  4. Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida, USA

    Jennifer Possley

  5. Cayetano Heredia University, Perú

    Julissa Roncal

  6. University of North, Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    Kristie S. Wendelberger (biologist)

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Maschinski, J., Falk, D.A., Wright, S.J., Possley, J., Roncal, J., Wendelberger, K.S. (2012). Optimal Locations for Plant Reintroductions in a Changing World. In: Maschinski, J., Haskins, K.E., Raven, P.H. (eds) Plant Reintroduction in a Changing Climate. The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-183-2_7

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