Cross-fostering as a conservation tool to augment endangered carnivore populations

Cross-fostering offspring with nonbiological parents could prove useful to augment populations of endangered carnivores. We used cross-fostering to augment captive-born and wild-born litters for the endangered red wolf (Canis rufus). Between 1987 and 2016, 23 cross-fostering events occurred involvin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of mammalogy 2018-10, Vol.99 (5), p.1033-1041
Hauptverfasser:	Gese, Eric M., Waddell, William T., Terletzky, Patricia A., Lucash, Chris F., McLellan, Scott R., Behrns, Susan K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	augmentation Canis rufus cross-fostering Feature Articles population red wolf survival
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