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Table 3 Heat-map showing the distribution of the number of translocation operations in terms of programme motivation and taxonomic kingdom. Conservation = any attempt to restore or improve the status of the translocated species; Experimental or trial = a trial relocation prior to the main event; Human-wildlife conflict = any interaction between humans and fauna resulting in the relocation of the individual(s) in question; Rewilding = reintroduction or introduction to restore a lost ecological function; Wildlife rescue = a relocation in order to save the individuals from human activity; Unknown = no information (or not detailed enough) provided by the authors to class motive

From: Existing evidence on the outcomes of wildlife translocations in protected areas: a systematic map

  1. “Intro + suppl”: the movement of individuals to a habitat outside of their historical range, and subsequently followed up by a supplementation event
  2. Introduction: a one-off transfer of individuals to a habitat outside of their historical range
  3. “Reintro + suppl”: the movement of individuals that were otherwise extinct or extirpated to a habitat within their known historical range, and subsequently followed-up by a supplementation event
  4. Reintroduction: a one-off transfer of individuals that were otherwise extinct or extirpated to a habitat within their historical range
  5. Supplementation: a one-off transfer of individuals to reinforce an existing resident population
  6. Unknown: refers to all movements that were not detailed sufficiently by the authors in order to code the type of intervention with high confidence
  7. N.B., white space equates to no available data. Red colours equate to a few number of translocations, green colours represent a greater number
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Environmental Evidence

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