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Upcoming plenary talk at the 2nd International Wildlife Reintroduction Conference.

The 2nd International Wildlife Reintroduction Conference will be held this November at the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago. Sarah is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for the meeting, and will deliver a plenary talk. She’ll also be co-leading a training course before the meeting. You can learn about all of this at reintro.org.

 

Sarah to appear Nov 28 at Zoological Society of London public event: Meet the Wildlife Movers

Sarah will be a featured speaker at a public event at the Zoological Society of London on November 28, Reintroductions for saving species – meet the wildlife movers. Four different speakers from around the world will discuss the future of reintroduction for conserving threatened species and meeting ecological management objectives. The event is free and open to the public. Read more here.

New paper out on the dating lives of endangered Whooping Cranes

Our new paper is out in Animal Behaviour. The paper was led by Claire Teitelbaum, now of University of Georgia, and with Thomas Mueller from Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre and the Goethe University, Germany. We discovered that Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) form breeding pairs up to years before they begin breeding, which suggests that there are significant benefits to being a member of a pair beyond breeding outcomes themselves. Its completely fascinating getting to understand the social lives of these endangered birds. Read more here.

New Paper Out! Accounting for imperfect detection of groups and individuals when estimating abundance

In our new paper, led by Matt Clement, we develop a new model that can substantially improve abundance estimates produced by double observer distance sampling surveys, by accounting for imperfect detection of individuals within groups. The model is applicable to a wide range of species, including lekking birds, ungulates, and others. Check it out here. 

New Paper Out! Identifying Species Conservation Strategies to Reduce Disease-Associated Declines

A new paper is out, led by Brian Gerber, which considers how to manage species threatened by emerging infectious disease. We were able to identify management strategies that reduced extinction risk by more than half for an amphibian threatened by chytridiomycosis. How did we do it? We used population models that combined empirical information and expert judgment, constructed within a decision-analytic process. Read all about it here. Congratulations Brian on the great work!