Endangered Species Update articles from January - March 2004

Endangered Species Update archives from January - March 2004

Integrating animal behavior and conservation biology--a review.
January 1, 2004... Abstract Recent book and journal publications indicate a new movement toward integrating animal behavior and conservation biology. The integration is slow, however, due to cultural and scientific roadblocks. Differences in scale, themes,...

Human behavior and conservation.
January 1, 2004... Abstract Many problems in managing and protecting endangered species arise not from our ignorance of the species' ecology, but from human conflicts of interest. As humans become ever more numerous, and more efficient in extracting...

Biology, policy and law in endangered species conservation: I. the case history of the island fox on the Northern Channel Islands.
January 1, 2004... Abstract Endangered species recovery often requires strategies that are risky, contentious, and difficult to implement. These qualities can lead to recovery actions that result from human dimensions of endangered species conservation...

The wild Bactrian camel; a critically endangered species.
January 1, 2004... Abstract There are an estimated 900 wild Bactrian camels that survive in the world today. Located in China and Mongolia, these remnant herds are critically endangered due to ever-increasing threats from wolf-predation, hunting, illegal...

Audubon announces new crane breeding center.(News from Zoos)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... President Bush has signed into law a bill funding a whooping crane breeding facility at the Audubon Nature Institute's Center for Research of Endangered Species in New Orleans. The facility will house the Audubon's Whooping Crane Recovery...

Cincinnati participates in successful avian release.(News from Zoos)
January 1, 2004... The second historic release of blue-and-gold macaws (Ara ararauna) to the protected Nariva Swamp on the island of Trinidad took place in December 2003. Twelve birds were successfully released and all have been sighted in the area, including two...

New York Aquarium receives Toshiba America Grant.(News from Zoos)
January 1, 2004... The Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium recently received an $11,222 Science and Math Improvement Grant from the Toshiba America Foundation for the Exploring the Earth, Sea & Sky project. The grant money will enable 140...