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Dalrymple, SE and Moehrenschlager, A (2013) "Words matter." A Response to Jørgensen's Treatment of Historic Range and Definitions of Reintroduction. Restoration Ecology, 21 (2). pp. 156-158. ISSN 1061-2971
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Abstract
According to Jørgensen, the definition of reintroductions is crucial to their proper implementation and she highlights a number of ambiguities in existing definitions, particularly associated with the concept of historic range. We could not agree more and have incorporated her suggested term of "indigenous range" rather than "historic range" into the current revision of the InternationalUnion for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (in preparation by IUCN Species Survival Commission Reintroduction and Invasive Species Specialist Groups). We also agree with Jørgensen's interpretation that reintroductions are not always necessitated by humans causing the extirpation of species. However, we disagree with other aspects of Jørgensen's argument such as the critique of Seddon, the interpretation of previous IUCN guidance documents, and the recommendation that the conservation community "rethink the basic definition of reintroduction" rather than moving toward other translocation-based interventions. With regard to the latter point, we emphasize that reintroductions are part of a spectrum of translocations and to focus on reintroductions alone would overlook the fact that introductions beyond a species' indigenous range are being attempted. The new revision of the IUCN guidelines incorporates the whole conservation translocation spectrum and aims to avoid the ambiguities of previous definitions highlighted by Jørgensen. © 2013 Society for Ecological Restoration.
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| Additional Information: | This is the accepted version of the following article: "Words matter." A Response to Jørgensen's Treatment of Historic Range and Definitions of Reintroduction, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00932.x |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 05 Environmental Sciences, 06 Biological Sciences |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Date Deposited: | 05 May 2016 10:41 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2022 14:06 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00932.x |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3559 |
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