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Table 3 Outcome categories and corresponding descriptions

From: Outcomes of wildlife translocations in protected areas: what is the type and extent of existing evidence? A systematic map protocol

Outcome category

Description

Example references (from test list or scoping exercise)

Space use

Studies measuring all movement/dispersal of translocated individuals. This will include notably home range measurements, or euclidean distance travelled

[43]

Demography

Studies outlining the changes in number of individuals, males/females, of the translocated population i.e. population growth overtime

[44, 45]

Survival

Studies illustrating precisely the proportion of individuals alive or level of mortality since translocation

[46]

Reproduction

Any impacts on reproduction, expressed by number of young born since translocation, or specifically the survival rate of offspring

[47]

Feeding

All impacts specifically on diet and feeding of translocated individuals. (Nb. cascade effects will not be included as an outcome)

[48, 49]

Behaviour

Studies measuring changes in terms of communication (e.g. vocal), social structure, or anti-predator behaviour i.e. stress/vigilance levels, of translocated individuals

[50, 51]

Genetics

Studies relating to the genetic structure of the translocated species

[52]

Physiology

All biological or physiological impacts measured at the molecular, cellular or organic level (e.g. hormone activity)

[53]