Site-Fidelity and Survival Rates of Some Montane Forest Birds in Malawi South-Central Africa

Biotropica ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Dowsett
Ostrich ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Dowsett ◽  
F. Dowsett-Lemaire

2004 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
George W. Douglas

In Canada, Lemmon's Holly Fern, Polystichum lemmonii, is restricted to the Baldy Mountain area on the eastern side of the Okanagan River valley in south-central British Columbia. This population represents the northern limits of the species which ranges south through northern Idaho, Washington and Oregon to northern California. In British Columbia, P. lemmonii is associated with ultramafic rocky ridges within a montane forest at an elevation of 1900 m. The population in the Baldy Mountain area is relatively small, unprotected and potentially imperilled by mining exploration, forest road construction or wildfires.


2018 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Jung ◽  
Nicholas C. Larter

Key objectives of wildlife reintroduction projects should include encouraging post-release site fidelity and high survival rates of founding individuals. Yet, few studies empirically evaluate these performance metrics for released individuals. Bison(Bison bison) restoration is receiving renewed interest by wildlife managers. To inform new bison reintroduction projects, we provide an observation of a 375-km (straight-line distance) post-release movement of three bison bulls from a release site in Yukon, Canada, in 1988. In addition, we note 250-km and 155-km post-release movements of bison in the Northwest Territories, Canada, in 1980 and 1998, respectively. These observations demonstrate the dispersal ability of bison encountering new environments. Wildlife managers planning for new bison reintroductions should consider means to enhance post-release site fidelity to limit long-distance dispersal and mortality and maximize initial population growth.


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