[PCA] NEWS: Re-introduction of plant in danger of extinction successfully monitored over 10 years for first time ever
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Fri Dec 19 09:30:46 CST 2008
Not in North America, but of scientific interest to the reintroduction
community:
http://www.innovationsreport.de/html/berichte/umwelt_naturschutz/introduction_plant_danger_extinction_successfully_124697.html
Re-introduction of plant in danger of extinction successfully monitored
over 10 years for first time ever
19.12.2008
An international team of researchers, including some from the Autonoma
University of Barcelona (CREAF-UAB), has carried out the first long-term
study into the demographic dynamics of naturally-occurring and
artificially-introduced plants of the same species.
By using simultaneous monitoring, the scientists have identified
biological and demographic features of the plants that could help to
optimise conservation strategies.
The researchers carried out a programme between 1994 and 2004 to
intensively monitor the germination, growth and reproduction of natural
and introduced plants of the species Centaurea corymbosa, in order to
evaluate the success of strategies to introduce the species, and to
identify reasons why these fail.
See the link above for the full article text.
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