Threats for bird population restoration: A systematic review

Déstro, Guilherme Fernando Gomes; Marco, Paulo De; Terribile, Levi Carina

doi:10.1016/j.pecon.2018.03.003

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“…In conservation biology, species restoration plays an increasingly important role to counteract the currently ongoing dramatic decline of biodiversity, to assist the colonization of once widespread species and to restore whole populations that have become extinct (IUCN/SSC, 2013a; Destro et al, 2018;Pettorelli et al, 2018). Reintroductions are a key restoration method, defined by the IUCN as "the intentional movement and release of an organism inside its indigenous range from which it has disappeared".…”

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Halfway to self-sustainability: Reintroduced migratory European Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita) still need management interventions for population viability

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Radchuk²,

Scherer³

et al. 2021

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Northern Bald Ibis (NBI) have disappeared from Europe already in Middle Age. Since 2003 a migratory population is reintroduced in Central Europe. We conducted demographic analyses of survival and reproduction of 384 NBI over a period of 12 years (2008-2019). These data also formed the basis for a population viability analysis (PVA) simulating the possible future development of the NBI population in different scenarios. We tested life-stage specific survival rates for differences between these stages, raising types and colonies as well as the influence of stochastic events and NBI supplements on the population growth. Stage specific survival rates ranged from 0.64 to 0.78. 61% of the mature females reproduce with a mean fecundity of 2.15 fledglings per nest. The complementary PVA indicated that the release population is close to self-sustainability with a given lambda 0.95 and 24% extinction probability within 50 years. Of the 326 future scenarios tested, 94 % reached the criteria of <5% extinction probability and population growth rates >1. In case of positive population growth, stochastic events had a limited effect. Of 820 sub-scenarios with different stochastic event frequencies and severities 87 % show population growth despite the occurrence of stochastic events. Predictions can be made based on the results of the individual-based model as to whether and under what circumstances the reintroduced NBI population can survive. This study shows that a PVA can support reintroduction success that should work closely together with the project in the field for mutual benefit, to optimize future management decisions.

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Halfway to self-sustainability: Reintroduced migratory European Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita) still need management interventions for population viability

Drenske

Radchuk²,

Scherer³

et al. 2021

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“…Reducing or eradicating invasive predators can lead to recolonization of nesting sites (Borrelle et al 2016), increased prey populations (Campbell et al 2012), and recovery of native species (Jones et al 2016). In a systematic worldwide review, predation by non-native predators was identified as one of the leading drivers for failed reintroductions (Destro et al 2018), where reintroduction is defined as a type of conservation translocation that entails deliberate releases of individuals within their native range where they have otherwise been extirpated (IUCN/SSC 2013). For native species that have been locally extirpated or driven to extinction in the wild in part by predation by invasive predators, removal or reduction of non-native predators is essential (Choquenot and Parkes 2001;VanderWerf et al 2014).…”

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“…Because species recovery is often linked to predator control, assessing the impact of such programs on the anticipated interactions between non-native predators and the species targeted for recovery is crucial for population restoration (Choquenot et al 2001). Prioritizing these evaluations during pre-release planning or post-release monitoring may increase the success of reintroduction programs (Destro et al 2018), encourage adaptive management, and allow refinement of control tools and lures (Klug et al 2015).…”

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Contact rates with nesting birds before and after invasive snake removal: estimating the effects of trap-based control

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Klug³

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Invasive predators are responsible for almost 60% of all vertebrate extinctions worldwide with the most vulnerable faunas occurring on islands. The brown treesnake (Boigairregularis) is a notorious invasive predator that caused the extirpation or extinction of most native forest birds on Guam. The success of avian reintroduction efforts on Guam will depend on whether snake-control techniques sufficiently reduce contact rates between brown treesnakes and reintroduced birds. Mouse-lure traps can successfully reduce brown treesnake populations at local scales. Over a 22-week period both with and without active snake removal, we evaluated snake-trap contact rates for mouse- and bird-lure traps. Bird-lure traps served as a proxy for reintroduced nesting birds. Overall, mouse-lure traps caught more snakes per trap night than did bird-lure traps. However, cameras revealed that bird-lure traps had a snake contact rate almost 15 times greater than the number of successfully captured snakes. Snakes that entered bird-lure traps tended to be larger and in better body condition and were mostly captured in bird-lure traps, despite numerous adjacent mouse-lure traps. Traps placed along grid edges caught more snakes than interior traps, suggesting continuous immigration into the trapping grid within which bird-lure traps were located. Contact between snakes and bird-lure traps was equivalent before and after snake removal, suggesting mouse-lure traps did not adequately reduce the density of snakes that posed a risk to birds, at least at the timescale of this project. This study provides evidence that some snakes exhibit prey selectivity for live birds over live mouse lures. Reliance on a single control tool and lure may be inadequate for support of avian reintroductions and could lead to unintended harvest-driven trait changes of this invasive predator.

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“…Conservation translocations are an important tool for wildlife management (Destro, De Marco, & Terribile, ). The number of species moved globally is substantial, for example 279 animal species in North America have been translocated (Brichieri‐Colombi & Moehrenschlager, ), and over 242 species in the world's oceans (Swan, McPherson, Seddon, & Moehrenschlager, ).…”

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A novel method for using ecoacoustics to monitor post‐translocation behaviour in an endangered passerine

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1. Conservation translocations are an important tool in wildlife management, but monitoring of translocations has traditionally suffered from a lack of techniques for effective post-release monitoring. Increasing understanding of post-release movements is vital in improving the success of translocations, but few methods exist to efficiently monitor highly mobile and cryptic species post-release.2. We present a novel approach to using dynamic occupancy modelling in combination with data derived from autonomous acoustic recording units to monitor the post-release behaviour of hihi (Notiomystis cincta), a threatened endemic bird, at a translocation site in New Zealand. The process of analysing large quantities of acoustic data was facilitated by using automated classifiers and manual validation, an approach that was both accurate and efficient.3. We find that this approach detects behavioural change consistent with the transition from exploration of a new site to territory formation. We identify that hihi territories at the study site were closely linked to watercourses, but were not related to distance from release site. 4. We find that this method is able to effectively monitor post-release dispersal, and could provide a cost-efficient and less invasive alternative to radiotracking for monitoring of vocal species.

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Threats for bird population restoration: A systematic review

Cited by 14 publications

References 71 publications

Halfway to self-sustainability: Reintroduced migratory European Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita) still need management interventions for population viability

Halfway to self-sustainability: Reintroduced migratory European Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita) still need management interventions for population viability

Contact rates with nesting birds before and after invasive snake removal: estimating the effects of trap-based control

A novel method for using ecoacoustics to monitor post‐translocation behaviour in an endangered passerine

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