The Kihansi Spray Toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis): Crisis Biology in the 21st Century

The captive breeding and reintroduction of highly threatened species are among the most challenging conservation interventions and often represent the final tool in a comparatively small toolbox to conserve rapidly declining species. This book details the species recovery program that was designed a...

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Hlavní autor: Newmark, William D. (Autor)
Korporativní autor: SpringerLink (Online service)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
Vydání:1st ed. 2025.
Edice:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 254
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On-line přístup:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89599-9
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Obsah:
  • Chapter 1. Captive Breeding and Reintroduction of Globally Threatened Species
  • Chapter 2. International Concern about the Kihansi Spray Toad
  • Chapter 3. Discovery of the Kihansi Spray Toad
  • Chapter 4. Proposed Mitigation Options to Conserve the Kihansi Spray Toad and Its Habitat, 1995 – 1999
  • Chapter 5. World Bank Environmental Review of the Lower Kihansi Hydropower Project, 2000
  • Chapter 6. Immediate Rescue and Emergency Measures Project, 2000 – 2001
  • Chapter 7. Design of the Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Project, 2001
  • Chapter 8. Implementation of the Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Project, 2002 – 2003
  • Chapter 9. Implementation of the Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Project, July 2003 – 2007
  • Chapter 10. Captive Breeding of the Kihansi Spray Toad in U.S. Zoos
  • Chapter 11. Planning for the Reintroduction of the Kihansi Spray Toad
  • Chapter 12. Establishment of a Captive Breeding Populations in Tanzania
  • Chapter 13. Pre-Reintroduction Assessment of the Spray Wetlands
  • Chapter 14. Reintroduction of the Kihansi Spray Toad
  • Chapter 15. Hard Releases of the Kihansi Spray Toad back to the Kihansi Gorge
  • Chapter 16. Enclosure Studies
  • Chapter 17. Mark-Recapture Studies
  • Chapter 18. Summary of Soft and Hard Releases, 2012-2023
  • Chapter 19. Implementation Costs
  • Chapter 20. Potential Contributory Factors to Low Post-Release Survival of the Kihansi Spray Toad
  • Chapter 21. Lessons Learned.