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Abstract
Suites of coevolved traits related to reproduction and demography enable species to persist in the face of environmental change. In the case of biological invasions, the suite of life history traits, “life history strategies,” can be linked to successful establishment after an introduction. Conservation translocations share many similarities with biological invasions, yet studies examining the relationship between life history and translocation outcome are scarce. We collected data on key life history traits for all herpetofauna profiled in the IUCN Global Conservation Translocation Perspectives series to examine how life history can predict outcomes and difficulties of conservation translocations. For reptiles, our model showed that age at maturity showed a significant positive association with higher probabilities of more successful outcomes, while increased clutch/litter size and lifespan predicted less successful outcomes. We found no relationship between any life history trait and translocation outcome for amphibians. Our results showed that difficulties with conservation translocations are related more to phylogeny than life history. Amphibian translocations faced more difficulties due to the physical environment of release sites, but reptile translocations experienced more socio-political difficulties. These relationships provide important insights for conservation practitioners that can be used in the feasibility and planning stages of translocations to anticipate and avoid challenges facing this complex and increasingly common form of conservation intervention.
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Animal Conservation provides a forum for rapid publication of novel, peer-reviewed research into the conservation of animal species and their habitats. The focus is on rigorous quantitative studies of an empirical or theoretical nature, which may relate to populations, species or communities and their conservation. We encourage the submission of single-species papers that have clear broader implications for conservation of other species or systems. A central theme is to publish important new ideas of broad interest and with findings that advance the scientific basis of conservation. Subjects covered include population biology, epidemiology, evolutionary ecology, population genetics, biodiversity, biogeography, palaeobiology and conservation economics.
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