An Emerging Role of Zoos to Conserve Biodiversity
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Roughly one in seven threatened terrestrial vertebrate species are held in captivity, a resource for ex situ conservation efforts.
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Captive breeding programmes form a major component of ex-situ conservation efforts, designed to maintain genetic diversity in well-managed metapopulations to safeguard against extinctions.
“Captive breeding programmes form a major component of ex-situ conservation efforts, designed to maintain genetic diversity in well-managed metapopulations to safeguard against extinctions [5,66].”
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- Authors
- Conde, D. A., Flesness, N., Colchero, F., Jones, O. R., & Scheuerlein, A.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (DE)
- Species360 (US)
- Corresponding author
- Conde, D. A.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2011-03-18
- Volume
- 331
- Issue
- 6023
- Pages
- 1390-1391
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1990324871
- Cited by
- 399
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 59 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 39 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 79.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Animal and Plant Science Education
- Keywords
- zoos, ex situ conservation, biodiversity conservation, captive breeding, threatened species, terrestrial vertebrates, captive populations
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Animals, Zoo, Breeding, Conservation of Natural Resources, International Cooperation, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Extinction, Biological, Endangered Species, Policy
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