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Population Viability in Plants pp 313–348Cite as

Projecting the Success of Plant Population Restoration with Viability Analysis

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 165))

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Conserving viable populations of plant species requires that they have high probabilities of long-term persistence within natural habitats, such as a chance of extinction in 100 years of less than 5 % (Menges 1991,1998; Brown 1994; Pavlik 1994; Chap. 1, this Vol.). For endangered and threatened species that have been severely reduced in range and whose habitats have been fragmented, important species conservation strategies may include augmenting existing populations or restoring new viable populations (Bowles and Whelan 1994; Chap. 2, this Vol.). Restoration objectives may include increasing population numbers to reduce extinction probability, deterministic manipulations to develop a staged cohort structure, or more complex restoration of a desired genetic structure to allow outcrossing or increase effective population size (DeMauro 1993,1994; Bowles et al. 1993,1998; Pavlik 1994; Knapp and Dyer 1998; Chap. 2, this Vol.). These efforts may require translocation of propagules from existing (in situ) populations, or from ex situ botanic gardens or seed storage facilities (Falk et al. 1996; Guerrant and Pavlik 1998; Chap. 2, this Vol.).

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Bell, T.J., Bowles, M.L., McEachern, A.K. (2003). Projecting the Success of Plant Population Restoration with Viability Analysis. In: Brigham, C.A., Schwartz, M.W. (eds) Population Viability in Plants. Ecological Studies, vol 165. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09389-4_12

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