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The Kihansi Spray Toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis): Crisis Biology in the 21st Century / by William D. Newmark.
Springer Nature - Springer Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newmark, William D., Author.
- Series:
- Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 2196-971X ; 254
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conservation biology.
- Ecology.
- Zoology.
- Biodiversity.
- Veterinary medicine.
- Physiology.
- Conservation Biology.
- Veterinary Science.
- Animal Physiology.
- Local Subjects:
- Conservation Biology.
- Ecology.
- Zoology.
- Biodiversity.
- Veterinary Science.
- Animal Physiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XV, 205 p. 79 illus., 76 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
- Summary:
- The captive breeding and reintroduction of highly threatened species are among the most challenging conservation interventions and often represent the final tool in a comparatively small toolbox to conserve rapidly declining species. This book details the species recovery program that was designed and implemented over two decades to conserve the Kihansi Spray Toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis), an extinct-in-the-wild tropical amphibian. More than 20 international and national institutions were involved in the design and implementation of the species recovery program. This complex two-decade effort highlights the challenges of conserving highly threatened tropical amphibians and integrating conservation with development in the 21st century. This volume will appeal to biologists, conservation and development practitioners, and institutions and individuals concerned about the conservation of biodiversity. .
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Captive Breeding and Reintroduction of Globally Threatened Species
- Chapter 2. International Concern about the Kihansi Spray Toad
- Chapter 3. Discovery of the Kihansi Spray Toad
- Chapter 4. Proposed Mitigation Options to Conserve the Kihansi Spray Toad and Its Habitat, 1995 – 1999
- Chapter 5. World Bank Environmental Review of the Lower Kihansi Hydropower Project, 2000
- Chapter 6. Immediate Rescue and Emergency Measures Project, 2000 – 2001
- Chapter 7. Design of the Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Project, 2001
- Chapter 8. Implementation of the Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Project, 2002 – 2003
- Chapter 9. Implementation of the Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Project, July 2003 – 2007
- Chapter 10. Captive Breeding of the Kihansi Spray Toad in U.S. Zoos
- Chapter 11. Planning for the Reintroduction of the Kihansi Spray Toad
- Chapter 12. Establishment of a Captive Breeding Populations in Tanzania
- Chapter 13. Pre-Reintroduction Assessment of the Spray Wetlands
- Chapter 14. Reintroduction of the Kihansi Spray Toad
- Chapter 15. Hard Releases of the Kihansi Spray Toad back to the Kihansi Gorge
- Chapter 16. Enclosure Studies
- Chapter 17. Mark-Recapture Studies
- Chapter 18. Summary of Soft and Hard Releases, 2012-2023
- Chapter 19. Implementation Costs
- Chapter 20. Potential Contributory Factors to Low Post-Release Survival of the Kihansi Spray Toad
- Chapter 21. Lessons Learned.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783031895999
- OCLC:
- 1524424645
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