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AMPHIBIAN CONSERVATION 2010 Highlights and Accomplishments In 2008, AZA made a long-term commitment to global amphibian conservation that focused on increasing the capacity of AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums to respond to threats facing amphibians, to create and sustain assurance populations of threatened amphibians, and to increase public awareness of and engagement in amphibian conservation. With the support and hard work of directors, curators, keepers, and partners, AZAaccredited zoos and aquariums maintained their commitment, and in 2010, saw conservation progress and successes both locally and around the world. This report features some of the successes in citizen science, research, field work, the creation of assurance populations, and successes in conservation breeding. Ten years of adaptive community-governed conservation: evaluating biodiversity protection and poverty alleviation in a West African hippopotamus reserve DONNA J . SHEPPARD1 , 2 , 3 , AXEL MOEHRENSCHLAGER4 ∗, JANA M. MCPHERSON4 , 5 AND JOHN J. MASON2 Conservation Outreach Department, Calgary Zoological Society, 1300 Zoo Road NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 7V6, Canada, Nature Conservation Research Centre, PO Box KN925, Accra, Ghana, Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, PO Box 569, Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana, 4Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoological Society, 1300 Zoo Road NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 7V6, Canada and Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1 Canada Date submitted: 4 September 2009; Date accepted: 26 February 2010; First published online: 15 July 2010 Ausband, D. and A. Moehrenschlager. In press. Juvenile swift fox dispersal potential between two proximate reintroduced populations. Oryx. Fraser, L.D. 2008. Distribution Characteristics of the Eggs, Tadpoles, and Metamorphs of the Northern Leopard Frog ( Rana pipiens ) and their Relation to Conservation Strategies. Masters of Science Thesis. University of Calgary and the Calgary Zoo Centre for Conservation Research. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Gibson, K.W. and A. Moehrenschlager. 2008. A sex difference in the behavioural response of nesting mountain bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) to a mounted predator. Journal of Ethology 26(1): 185-189 Hargreaves, A.L. 2008. Conserving Alberta's Amphibians. Wild Lands Advocate 16(1): 14-15. More... Casimir D.L. , A. Moehrenschlager, and R.M.R. Barclay. 2007. Factors influencing reproduction in captive Vancouver Island marmots: implications for captive breeding and reintroduction programs. Journal of Mammalogy. 88(6): 1412-1419. Everest, T. and J. Tuckwell (Eds.). 2007. Recovery Strategy for the Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) in Canada (draft). Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Parks Canada Agency. Moehrenschlager, A., R. List, and D.W. MacDonald. 2007. Escaping intraguild predation: Mexican kit foxes survive while coyotes and golden eagles kill Canadian swift foxes. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(4):1029-1039. Moehrenschlager, A. and C. Moehrenschlager. 2006. Population census of swift fox (Vulpes velox) in Canada and Northern Montana: 2005 - 2006. Centre for Conservation Report No. 1. Calgary Zoo. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Brookfield, C., S. Black, S. Pruss, K. Gibson, K. Jepp, D. Whiteside, T. Everest and A. Moehrenschlager. 2005. Flying Free: A manual for the effective rehabilitation of raptors. Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoo. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Casimir, D.L. 2005. Reproductive Behaviour of Vancouver Island Marmots, Marmota vancouverensis: Conclusions from a Conservation Breeding Program. M.Sc. thesis, University of Calgary. Boitani, L., C. Asa, and A. Moehrenschlager. 2004. Canid conservation tools. In: D.W. Macdonald and C. Sillero-Zubiri (eds.) Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. Gedir, J.V. and A. Moehrenschlager. 2004. Determining success factors in captive breeding reintroduction programmes - a preliminary look. Proceedings of European Association of Zoos and Aquariums Conference 2004. Kolmarden, Sweden. Gedir, J., T. Everest, A. Moehrenschlager. 2004. Evaluating the Potential for Species Reintroductions in Canada. In: T.D. Hooper (ed.) Proceedings of the Species at Risk 2004 Pathways to Recovery Conference. Victoria, B.C. Moehrenschlager, A., B. Cypher, K. Ralls, M.A. Sovada, and R. List. 2004. Comparative ecology and conservation priorities of swift and kit foxes. In: D.W. Macdonald and C. Sillero-Zubiri (eds.) Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. Moehrenschlager, A. and M. Somers. 2004. Canid reintroductions and metapopulation management, pp. 289-297. In: C. Sillero-Zubiri, M. Hoffmann, and D.W. Macdonald (eds.) Canids: foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs. Status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Moehrenschlager, A. and M. A. Sovada. 2004. Swift fox (Vulpes velox), pp. 109-116. In: C. Sillero-Zubiri, M. Hoffmann, and D. W. Macdonald (eds.) Canids: foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs. Status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Moehrenschlager, A. and D.W. Macdonald. 2003. Movement and survival parameters of translocated and resident swift foxes (Vulpes velox). Animal Conservation 6(3):199-206. Moehrenschlager, A., D.W. Macdonald, and C. Moehrenschlager. 2003. Reducing capture-related injuries and radio-collaring effects on swift foxes. In: M.A. Sovada and L.N. Carbyn (eds.) The Swift Fox: Ecology and Conservation in a Changing World. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Tannerfeldt, M., Moehrenschlager, A., and A. Angerbjörn. 2003. Den ecology of swift, kit and arctic foxes. In: M.A. Sovada and L.N. Carbyn (eds.) The Swift Fox: Ecology and Conservation in a Changing World. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Moehrenschlager, A. 2001. The Coyote. In: D.W. Macdonald (ed.) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. Moehrenschlager, A. and C. Moehrenschlager. 2001. Census of swift fox (Vulpes velox) in Canada and Northern Montana: 2000 - 2001. Alberta Sustainable Resources, Fish and Wildlife Division. Alberta Species at Risk Report #24. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
