Erosion der Artenkenner Ergebnisse einer Befragung und notwendige Reaktionen.

(2014) Gutachten im Auftrag des BUND Naturschutz in Bayern e.V.: 96 S., Nürnberg.
(2016) Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 48(4):105-113

Abstract:

A standardised survey of 70 species experts (i.e. persons with expert knowledge of species) revealed a loss of 21 % of such species experts over the last 20 years. According to the knowledge of the interviewees only 7.6 % of the current species experts are younger than 30 years. This means a serious aging of this group and a lack of junior staff. 90 % of the respondents assessed this deficit as very problematic for the future of nature conservation. The study revealed the motivation by the father as a decisive factor for the development of species knowledge, and it identified two relevant phases for the beginning of these skills, i.e. early beginners at the age of 13.5 years and late beginners, aged 22.5 years on an average. According to the interviewees the main reasons are changing leisure activities of young people, a lack of near-natural surroundings at parents' home, insufficient species knowledge of teachers and lacking offers oriented to nature conservation at the universities. The erosion of species experts should be recognized as a serious comprehensive problem for future nature conservation. The study describes some approaches to solution. All of them will require interdisciplinary collaboration and a targeted assignment of financial means for model projects.

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Australische Sittiche - Haltung, Zucht und Artenschutz.

215 Seiten, mit zahlreichen Farbfotos.
Verlag Oertel + Spoerer GmbH. ISBN 10: 3886274071 / ISBN 13: 9783886274079

Klappentext:

Die australischen Sittiche zählen zu den am häufigsten gehaltenen Papageienvögeln. Durch ihre prächtigen Farben und ihre besonderen Verhaltensweisen ziehen sie immer mehr Vogelliebhaber in ihren Bann.
Es ist aber besonders wichtig, die Haltung und die Zucht dieser beliebten Papageienvögel neu zu bedenken und zeitgemäss zu betreiben. Und hier setzt dieses Buch an, denn eine möglichst artgerechte Haltung der Tiere und eine vorausschauende Zucht zur Erhaltung der Arten sind das besondere Anliegen der Autoren.
Im ersten Teil des Buches erfahren Sie alles Wissenswerte über Biologie, Verhalten, Herkunft, Haltung, Pflege, Zucht und vor allem auch den Artenschutz dieser Papageienvögel.

Der zweite Teil beinhaltet ausführliche Porträts aller gegenwärtig anerkannten australischen und ozeanischen Sitticharten und deren Unterarten. Das Ganze wird abgerundet durch wunderbare Fotos.
Ein neues Standardwerk für die Freunde dieser wunderschönen Papageienvögel.
Die australischen Sittiche zählen zu den am häufigsten gehaltenen Papageienvögeln. Durch ihre prächtigen Farben und ihre besonderen Verhaltensweisen ziehen sie immer mehr Vogelliebhaber in ihren Bann.

Es ist aber besonders wichtig, die Haltung und die Zucht dieser beliebten Papageienvögel neu zu bedenken und zeitgemäss zu betreiben. Und hier setzt dieses Buch an, denn eine möglichst artgerechte Haltung der Tiere und eine vorausschauende Zucht zur Erhaltung der Arten sind das besondere Anliegen der Autoren.

Im ersten Teil des Buches erfahren Sie alles Wissenswerte über Biologie, Verhalten, Herkunft, Haltung, Pflege, Zucht und vor allem auch den Artenschutz dieser Papageienvögel.

Der zweite Teil beinhaltet ausführliche Porträts aller gegenwärtig anerkannten australischen und ozeanischen Sitticharten und deren Unterarten. Das Ganze wird abgerundet durch wunderbare Fotos.

Ein neues Standardwerk für die Freunde dieser wunderschönen Papageienvögel.

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ZGAP-Mitteilungen 1-2017 mit u.a. folgenden Artikeln:

• ARNDT, T. (2017). Zum Status der indonesischen Kakadus. Seiten 2-6.
• BRUSLUND, S. (2017). Asiatische Kakadus zu selten (gut) gehalten?. Seiten 7-15.
• WIDMANN, P. & I. (2017). Das Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program - ein langfristiges Artenschutzprojekt für eine hochgradig bedrohte Papageienart. Seiten 16-19.
• REULEAUX, A. (2017. Schutz des Orangehaubenkakadus auf Sumba. Seiten 20-23.

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Tier des Jahres 2016 - Der Feldhamster.

Eliomys 2016/1: 6-10.

Zusammenfassung:

Bis in die 2. Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts war der Feldhamster (Cricetus cricetus [LINNAEUS, 1758]) in Deutschland lokal so häufig, dass er bejagt wurde. Mittlerweile hat sich das Blatt gewendet, so dass dieser Nager nun zu den bedrohten Arten gehört.

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Zoo Heidelberg praktiziert Artenschutz.

Eliomys 2016/3: 17-18.

Zusammenfassung:

Eines der beiden letzten Feldhamstervorkommen in Baden-Württemberg befindet sich am Rand von Mannheim. Da der Bestand rückgängig war, wurde ein Bestandsstützungsprojekt initiiert. Der Heidelberger Zoo beteiligt sich daran, indem er eine Hamster-Zuchtstation gebaut hat und jährlich Tiere an des Projekt abgibt.

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The Extermination of the American Bison.

179 Seiten und 22 Bildtafeln. Washington, 1889

Volltext (Projekt Guttenberg): eBook

Einleitung:

It is hoped that the following historical account of the discovery, partial utilization, and almost complete extermination of the great American bison may serve to cause the public to fully realize the folly of allowing all our most valuable and interesting American mammals to be wantonly destroyed in the same manner. The wild buffalo is practically gone forever, and in a few more years, when the whitened bones of the last bleaching skeleton shall have been picked up and shipped East for commercial uses, nothing will remain of him save his old, well-worn trails along the water-courses, a few museum specimens, and regret for his fate. If his untimely end fails even to point a moral that shall benefit the surviving species of mammals which are now being slaughtered in like manner, it will be sad indeed.

Although Bison americanus is a true bison, according to scientific classification, and not a buffalo, the fact that more than sixty millions of people in this country unite in calling him a “buffalo,” and know him by no other name, renders it quite unnecessary for me to apologize for following, in part, a harmless custom which has now become so universal that all the naturalists in the world could not change it if they would.

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The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho 2016.

South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa.

Abstract:

Of the 343 species, subspecies and subpopulations recorded from the assessment region, six were Not Evaluated (considered vagrant) and five are Extinct, leaving 331 taxa that were assessed. Overall, 57 taxa are threatened (six Critically Endangered, 20 Endangered, 31 Vulnerable) and 35 are Near Threatened. Proportional to the number of taxa assessed, this yields 17% threatened and 10% Near Threatened. This compares to 19% of taxa being threatened and 32% being Near Threatened in the previous assessment (N = 295 taxa assessed). Encouragingly, the proportion of Data Deficient listings has been significantly reduced in this revision (from 18% to 7% in 2004 and 2016 respectively) due to a combination of better information and a change in risk tolerance. While it appears that there are fewer threatened species currently, most of these changes were non-genuine, involving new information, analysis or taxonomic revision. Of the genuine changes detected thus far (N = 29), 19 (66%) are uplistings (more threatened). Thus, while more work is required to determine the overall number of genuine changes so that the Red List Index can be applied, preliminary results indicate a net worsening conservation status for mammals. Similarly, a stakeholder workshop is required to translate the Red List statuses into conservation priorities, weighing extinction risk against the context of ecological, cultural, economic and logistical factors. Finally, being Least Concern does not mean of “no concern” and we developed a watch-list categorisation to flag species that do not currently meet the criteria but may do so in the near future. Continued conservation effort is needed to enhance the recovery of all species such that they comprise evolutionarily and ecologically functional populations.

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Antelope Conservation ä From Diadnosis to Action.

Conservation Science and Practice 16: 1-376.

Wiley Blackwell / Zoological Society of London. ISBN: 978-1-118-40957-2.

Beschreibung:

Antelopes constitute a fundamental part of ecosystems throughout Africa and Asia where they act as habitat architects, dispersers of seeds, and prey for large carnivores. The fascication they hold in the human mind is evident from prehistoric rock paintings and ancient Egyptian art to today's wildlife documentaries and popularity in zoos. In recent years, however, the spectacular herds of the past have been decimated or extripated over wide areas in the wilds, and urgent conservation action is needed to preserve this world heritage for generations to come.

As the first book dedicated to antelope conservation, this volume sets out to diagnose the causes of the drastic declines in antelope biodiversity and on this basis identify the most effective points of action. In doing so, the book covers central issues in the current conservation debate, especially related to the management of overexploitation, habitat fragmentation, disease transmission, climate change, populations genetics, and reintroductions. The contributions are authored by world-leading experts in the field, and the book is a useful resource to conservation scientists and practitioners, researchers, and students in related disciplines as well as interested lay people.

Das Buch umfasst folgende Kapitel:

Our Antelope Heritage – Why the Fuss? 1

1. Conservation Challenges Facing African Savanna Ecosystems 11
2. Population Regulation and Climate Change: The Future of Africa’s Antelope 32
3. Interspecific Resource Competition in Antelopes: Search for Evidence 51
4. Importance of Antelope Bushmeat Consumption in African Wet and Moist Tropical Forests 78
5. Opportunities and Pitfalls in Realising the Potential Contribution of Trophy Hunting to Antelope Conservation 92
6. Antelope Diseases – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly 108
7. Hands-on Approaches to Managing Antelopes and their Ecosystems: A South African Perspective 137
8. DNA in the Conservation and Management of African Antelope 162
9. Biological Conservation Founded on Landscape Genetics: The Case of the Endangered Mountain Nyala in the Southern Highlands of Ethiopia 172
10. The Use of Camera-Traps to Monitor Forest Antelope Species 190
11. Reintroduction as an Antelope Conservation Solution 217
12. Desert Antelopes on the Brink: How Resilient is the Sahelo-Saharan Ecosystem? 253
13. The Fall and Rise of the Scimitar-Horned Oryx: A Case Study of Ex-Situ Conservation and Reintroduction in Practice 280
14. Two Decades of Saiga Antelope Research: What have we Learnt? 297
15. Synthesis: Antelope Conservation – Realising the Potential 315

Appendix: IUCN Red List Status of Antelope Species April 2016 329

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Reindeer Recovery.

Zooquaria 96: 20-21.

Recovery Plan:

To counteract the ongoing population decline, reintroductions will be undertaken in two Finnish Natura 2000 areas in western Finland, south of the current distribution range. The reintroductions form part of a larger, seven-year EU LIFE project on forest reindeer population management. Fifteen-hectare acclimatisation enclosures will be built in both areas to house 10 to 15 animals each. Reindeer from four participating EAZA zoos will be mixed with wild individuals captured by staff from the Natural Resources Institute Finland. Calves bred in the enclosures will then be soft-released when they are between 18 months and two years old.

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Stepping-stones and dispersal flow: establishment of a meta-population of Milu (Elaphurus davidianus) through natural re-wilding.

Sci Rep. 2016; 6: 27297.
Published online 2016 Jun 7. doi: 10.1038/srep27297. PMCID: PMC4895148. PMID: 27272326

Zusammenfassung:

The Milu (Père David’s deer, Elaphurus davidianus) became extinct in China in the early 20th century but was reintroduced to the country. The reintroduced Milu escaped from a nature reserve and dispersed to the south of the Yangtze River. We monitored these accidentally escaped Milu from 1995 to 2012. The escaped Milu searched for vacant habitat patches as “stepping stones” and established refuge populations. We recorded 122 dispersal events of the escaped Milu. Most dispersal events occurred in 1998, 2003, 2006 and 2010. Milu normally disperse in March, July and November. Average dispersal distance was 14.08 ± 9.03 km, with 91.41% shorter than 25 km. After 5 generations, by the end of 2012, 300 wild Milu were scattered in refuge populations in the eastern and southern edges of the Dongting Lake. We suggest that population density is the ultimate cause for Milu dispersal, whereas floods and human disturbance are proximate causes. The case of the Milu shows that accidentally escaped animals can establish viable populations; however, the dispersed animals were subject to chance in finding “stepping stones”. The re-wilded Milu persist as a meta-population with sub-populations linked by dispersals through marginal habitats in an anthropogenic landscape.

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