Bowkett 2009 specifics
This long-term plan for a large number of species holds them in captivity in hopes of forming a nucleus of a restored global fauna.
What is “The ark paradigm”?
This species is considered a captive-breeding success story, although one of the limitations in the reading is contributing to the offset of its success.
What is the California Condor or the Black-Footed Ferret?
The Endangered Species Act is at risk due to this limitation category.
What is Ensuring Administrative Continuity?
This big black-and white bear is bred in zoos to help protects them from extinction.
What is a giant panda?
This term describes the care and management for animals in captivity.
What is captive husbandry?
How did Bowkett disagree with Snyder about captive breeding?
What is last resort vs intervening early to avoid extinction of species?
The Silver Fox was found to exhibit dog-like characteristics when in captivity. These characteristics were absent in wild populations. List 2.
What is two breeding periods per year, drooping ears, erect tails, tail
Species in multi-species facilities are at higher risk of diseases. This is due to enhanced exposure to what?
What is exotic pathogens?
In last week’s discussion about conservation triage, less than 20 of these tall birds were known to be alive before launching a captive breeding program.
What is the whooping crane?
This distinction separates maintaining species in zoos or their natural habitats.
What is ex situ and in situ?
This document outlines an extensive ex situ conservation program to be implemented by the Amphibian Ark.
What is The Amphibian Conservation Action plan?
These 2 taxa typically experience domestication at a rapid rate.
What are fish and invertebrates?
It is thought that species must have this type of behavior in order to be successfully reintroduced into the wild.
What is Instinctive Behavior?
True or false: Captive breeding was a the main strategy to increase the bald eagle population, aka America’s bird?
What is False!
What are the 3 categories in the IUCN Red List that contains species that could be considered for captive breeding programs?
What are Critically Endangered, Endangered, and Vulnerable?
The amphibian crisis talked about was partly driven by this disease.
What is chytridiomycosis? (caused by chytrid fungi)
This species was listed as an example of a successful reintroduction story due to its size and lack of predators.
What is the Arabian Oryx or Plains Bison?
This alternative to zoos can be considered for captive breeding, although it experience issues with record-keeping and is fascinated with hybridization.
What is Private Breeders?
This American wolf became subject to one of the first major programs involving captive breeding.
What is the red wolf?
This technique can be used in captive breeding, in which a smaller group of individuals is kept with frequent importation of new individuals to maintain genetic diversity.
What is a nucleus population?
A government argues that captive breeding makes habitat protection less urgent because species can always be saved later. This outlook overlooks this ecological limitation.
What is “captive breeding cannot replace the ecological functions and interactions that are in the wild.”
What are the 4 recommendations on how to avoid disease in captive-bred populations? (prevention better than treatment)
What is (1) single-species facilities, (2) conducted in natural range, (3) stock drawn from wild or single-species facilities, (4) closed to public?
These are some of the reasons mentioned in the reading that some species can’t reproduce and survive successfully in captivity. (List 2)
What is lack of psychological, physiological, or environmental requirements, inadequate diet, effects of hand-rearing, behavioral incompatibility, and inbreeding depression?
Conservationists often use puppet shaped birds to feed young chicks, why?
What is “Imprinting” on humans?
Conservationists might maintain a population of a species when wild populations are increasing for this reason.
What is “assurance colonies/ safety net” populations?