Creative Conservation: Interactive management of wild and captive animals Book

	Contributors
	Foreword
	Preface
1	Species extinctions, endangerment and captive breeding	3
2	The effective use of flagship species for conservation of biodiversity: the example of lion tamarins in Brazil	32
3	Meta-populations: is management as flexible as nature?	50
4	Species differences and population structure in population viability analysis	67
5	Molecular genetics of endangered species	92
6	Evolutionary biology, genetics and the management of endangered primate species	118
7	Reproductive technologies	144
8	The role of environmental enrichment in the captive breeding and reintroduction of endangered species	167
9	Disease risks associated with wildlife translocation projects	178
10	Legalities and logistics of meta-population management	201
11	Training in zoo biology: two approaches to enhance the conservation role of zoos in the tropics	207
12	Reintroduction as a reason for captive breeding	243
13	Reintroduction of captive-born animals	265
14	Criteria for reintroductions	287
15	Development of coordinated genetic and demographic breeding programmes	304
16	Conservation Assessment and Management Plans (CAMPs) and Global Captive Action Plans (GCAPs)	312
17	Invertebrate propagation and re-establishment programmes: the conservation and education potential for zoos and related institutions	329
18	Captive breeding programmes and their role in fish conservation	338
19	The role of captive breeding in the conservation of Old World fruit bats	352
20	Captive breeding, reintroduction and the conservation of canids	365
21	The recovery of the angonoka (Geochelone yniphora) - an integrated approach to species conservation	384
22	Is the Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis) saved from extinction?	394
23	The extinction in the wild and reintroduction of the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)	411
24	The captive breeding and conservation programme of the Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi)	420
25	An experimental reintroduction programme for bush-tailed phascogales (Phascogale tapoatafa): the interface between captivity and the wild	431
26	Coordinating conservation for the drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus): endangered in forest and zoo	439
27	Reintroduction of the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)	455
28	Threatened endemic mammals of the Philippines: an integrated approach to the management of wild and captive populations	467
29	Interface between captive and wild populations of New Zealand fauna	478
30	The potential for captive breeding programmes in Venezuala - efforts between zoos, government and non-governmental organizations	486
31	Species conservation priorities in Vietnam and the potential role of zoos	495
	Index	503