Rapid Population Growth of a Critically Endangered Carnivore

Reintroductions of endangered species are controversial because of high costs and frequent failures. However, the population of black-footed ferrets descended from animals released in Shirley Basin, Wyoming, from 1991 to 1994 has grown rapidly after a decline to a low of five animals in 1997. Beginn...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2007-08, Vol.317 (5839), p.779-779
Main Authors: Grenier, M.B, McDonald, D.B, Buskirk, S.W
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Animal and plant ecology
Animal populations
Animal reproduction
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Brevia
Carnivores
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases - veterinary
Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife
Demecology
Dogs
Ecology
Endangered & extinct species
Endangered species
Environmental degradation: ecosystems survey and restoration
Ferrets
Ferrets - genetics
Ferrets - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Mammalia
Population Dynamics
Population estimates
Population Growth
Population growth rate
Prairies
Sciuridae
Vertebrata
Wyoming - epidemiology
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Animal populations
Animal reproduction
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Brevia
Carnivores
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases - veterinary
Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife
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Dogs
Ecology
Endangered & extinct species
Endangered species
Environmental degradation: ecosystems survey and restoration
Ferrets
Ferrets - genetics
Ferrets - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Mammalia
Population Dynamics
Population estimates
Population Growth
Population growth rate
Prairies
Sciuridae
Vertebrata
Wyoming - epidemiology
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