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Publication Date (DD/MM/YYYY)2	Title of Publication	Authors	Keywords	Journal or Publication Name	Open Access?
17/03/2023	What’s on the horizon for community-based conservation? Emerging threats and opportunities	Nafeesa Esmail, Jana M. McPherson, Latoya Abulu, Thora Amend, Ronit Amit, Saloni Bhatia, Dominique Bikaba , Typhenn A. Brichieri-Colombi, Jessica Brown, Victoria Buschman , Michael Fabinyi, Mohammad Farhadinia, Razieh Ghayoumi, Terence Hay-Edie, Vera Horigue, Vainuupo Jungblut, Stacy Jupiter, Aidan Keane, David W. Macdonald, Shauna L. Mahajan, Andrew McVey, Axel Moehrenschlager, Fred Nelson, Meher Noshirwani, Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, Jose Luis Postigo, Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy, Madhu Rao, Dilys Roe, José Antonio Sierra Huelsz, Sue Stolton, Alifereti Tawake, Bonnie Wintle	community conservation, community-based conservation, horizon scan, community-led conservation, biodiversity, livelihoods, rights, threatened species	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	Yes
31/03/2022	A framework to identify priority wetland habitats and movement corridors for urban amphibian conservation	Tracy S. Lee, Lea A. Randall, Nicole L. Kahal, Holly L. Kinas, Vanessa A. Carney, Heather Rudd, Tyne M. Baker, Ken Sanderson, Irena F. Creed, Axel Moehrenschlager, Danah Duke	northern leopard frog, amphibian, urban conservation	Ecological Solutions and Evidence	Yes
31/01/2022	When ecological analysis reveals hidden human dimensions: building on long-term community participation to enable a conservation translocation of mountain bongo in Kenya	Sheppard D.J., Brichieri-Columbi, T.A., Stark, D.J., Lambrechts, C., Moehrenschlager, A., McPherson, J.M.	mountain bongo, poaching, camera trapping, local communities	Frontiers in Conservation Science	Yes
16/01/2022	Genetic management on the brink of extinction: sequencing microsatellites does not improve estimates of inbreeding in wild and captive Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis)	Barrett, K.G., Amaral, G., Elphinstone, M., McAdie, M.L., Davis, C.S., Janes, J. K., Carnio, J., Moehrenschlager, A., Gorrell, J.C.	Vancouver Island marmots, captive-breeding, conservation translocation, genetic diversity	Conservation Genetics	Yes
03/12/2021	Loss of predator discrimination by critically endangered Vancouver Island marmots within five generations of breeding for release	Dixon-MacCallum, G.P., Rich, J.L., Lloyd, N., Blumstein, D.T., Moehrenschlager, A.	Vancouver Island marmots, anti-predator, conservation translocation, behaviour	Frontiers in Conservation Science	Yes
28/05/2021	Assisted colonization risk assessment—Response	Jedediah F. Brodie, Susan Lieberman, Axel Moehrenschlager, Kent H. Redford, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Mark Schwartz, Philip J. Seddon, James E. M. Watson	response, assisted colonization	Science	No
30/04/2021	Global policy for assisted colonization of species	Jedediah F. Brodie, Susan Lieberman, Axel Moehrenschlager, Kent H. Redford, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Mark Schwartz, Philip J. Seddon, James E. M. Watson	assisted colonization, conservation	Science	No
17/02/2021	Life on the edge: habitat fragmentation limits expansion of a restored carnivore	A.R. Bultler, K.L.S. Bly, R.M. Inman, A. Moehrenschlager, D. Schwalm, D.S. Jachowski	swift fox, conservation translocation, demographics, habitat fragmentation	Animal Conservation	Yes
12/01/2021	Multiple life-stage inbreeding depression impacts demography and extinction risk in an extinct-in-the-wild species	A. E. Trask, G. M. Ferrie, J. Wang, S. Newland, S. Canessa, A. Moehrenschlager, M. Laut, L. Barnhart Duenas & J. G. Ewen	sihek, Guam kingfisher, extinct-in-the-wild, inbreeding	Scientific Reports	Yes
20/01/2021	Maximizing the effectiveness of qualitative systematic reviews: a case study on terrestrial arthropod conservation translocations	Sarah E. Nason, Natasha Lloyd, Clint D. Kelly, Typhenn Brichieri-Colombi, Sarah E. Dalrymple, Axel Moehrenschlager	invertebrate, reintroduction, arthropod	Biological Conservation	Yes
21/07/2021	Trading off hatching success and cost in the captive breeding of Whooping Cranes	H. A. Edwards, S. J. Converse, K. D. Swan, A. Moehrenschlager.	whooping crane, avian, data-logger eggs, artificial incubation	Animal Conservation	Yes
15/05/2021	Advancing amphibian conservation through citizen science in urban municipalities	Tracy S. Lee *, Nicole L. Kahal, Holly L. Kinas, Lea A. Randall, Tyne M. Baker, Vanessa A. Carney, Kris Kendell, Ken Sanderson, Danah Duke	citizen science, urban ecology, amphibian, urbanization	Diversity	Yes
12/05/2020	Enzootic maintenance of sylvatic plague in Canada’s threatened black-tailed prairie dog ecosystem	Stefano Liccioli, Tara Stephens, Sian C. Wilson, Jana M. McPherson , Laura M. Keating , Kym S. Antonation, Trent K. Bollinger, Cindi R. Corbett, David L. Gummer, L. Robbin Lindsay, Terry D. Galloway, Todd K. Shury, and Axel Moehrenschlager	black-tailed prairie dog, health, grasslands	Ecosphere	Yes
31/03/2020	Home range size and resource use by swift foxes in northeastern Montana	Andrew R. Butler, Kristy L.S. Bly, Heather Harris, Robert M. Inman, Axel Moehrenschlager, Donelle Schwalm, and David S. Jachowski	swift fox, conservation translocation, grasslands	Journal of Mammalogy	Yes
31/07/2020	Extinct-in-the-wild species’ last stand	Trask, A., Canessa, S., Moehrenschlager, A., Newland, S., Laut, M., Medina, S., Ewen, J.	letters, extinct-in-the-wild, sihek, Guam kingfisher	Science	Yes
29/04/2019	Genetics of a reintroduced swift fox population highlights the need for integrated conservation between neighbouring countries	Cullingham, C. and A. Moehrenschlager	swift fox, reintroduction, dispersal, conservation genetics	Animal Conservation	Yes
08/01/2019	The search for novelty continues for rewilding	Matt W. Hayward, David Jachowski, Cassandra K. Bugir, John Clulow, Ramesh Krishnamurthy, Andrea S. Griffin, Anita C. Chalmers, John D. C. Linnell, Robert A. Montgomery, Michael J. Somers, Rafał Kowalczyk, Marco Heurich, Anthony Caravagg, Kelly A. Marnewick, Yamil Di Blanco, Craig M. Shuttleworth, Alex Callen, Florian Weise, Robert Scanlon, Axel Moehrenschlager, Lachlan G. Howell, Rose M. O. Upton		Biological Conservation	No
11/12/2019	Consequences Matter: Compassion in Conservation Means Caring for Individuals, Populations and Species	Paul J. Johnson, Vanessa M. Adams, Doug P. Armstrong, Sandra E. Baker, Duan Biggs, Luigi Boitani, Alayne Cotterill, Emma Dale, Holly O’Donnell, David J. T. Douglas, Egil Droge, John G. Ewen, Ruth E. Feber, Piero Genovesi, Clive Hambler, Bart J. Harmsen, Lauren A. Harrington, Amy Hinks, Joelene Hughes, Lydia Katsis, Andrew Loveridge, Axel Moehrenschlager, Christopher O’Kane, Meshach Pierre, Steve Redpath, Lovemore Sibanda, Pritpal Soorae, Mark Stanley Price, Peter Tyrrell, Alexandra Zimmermann, Amy Dickman	ethics, compassion, consequentialism, virtue	Animals	Yes
23/10/2019	A call for structured decision making in conservation programs considering wild egg collection	Edwards, HA, Bidwell MT, Moehrenschlager A	whooping crane, egg collection, source population	Biological Conservation	Yes
09/06/2019	Winter movement behavior by swift foxes (Vulpes velox) at the northern edge of their range	Butler, Andrew R., Bly, Kristy L.S., Harris, Heather, Inman, Robert M., Moehrenschlager, Axel, Schwalm, Donelle , and Jachowski, David S.	swift fox, behavioural state, movement patterns, winter	Canadian Journal of Zoology	Yes
08/04/2019	Future directions to escalate benefits of the stepping‐stone approach for conservation translocations	Lloyd, NA, Hostetter, NJ, Jackson, CL, Converse, SJ, Moehrenschlager, A.	response, Vancouver Island marmot, release strategy	Animal Conservation	Yes
13/10/2019	Optimizing release strategies: a stepping-stone approach to reintroduction	Lloyd, NA, Hostetter, NJ, Jackson, CL, Converse, SJ, Moehrenschlager, A.	Vancouver Island marmot, release strategy, translocations, reintroductions	Animal Conservation	Yes
19/06/2019	Limited contributions of released animals from zoos to North American conservation translocations	Brichieri-Colombi, TA, Lloyd, NA, McPherson, JM, Moehrenschlager, A.	aquaria, Centra America, Caribbean, ex situ populations, reintroductions, zoos	Conservation Biology	Yes
14/03/2019	Reintroducing rewilding to restoration – Rejecting the search for novelty.	Matt W. Hayward, Robert J. Scanlon, Alexandra Callen, Lachlan G. Howell, Kaya L. Klop-Toker, Yamil Di Blanco, Niko Balkenhol, Cassandra K. Bugir, Lachlan Campbell, Anthony Caravaggi, Anita C. Chalmers, John Clulow, Simon Clulow, Paul Cross, John A. Gould, Andrea S. Griffin, Marco Heurich, Belinda K. Howe, David S. Jachowski, Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Ramesh Krishnamurthy, Rafał Kowalczyk, Dean J. Lenga, John D.C. Linnell, Kelly A. Marnewick, Axel Moehrenschlager, Robert A. Montgomery, Liudmila Osipova, Chloe Peneaux, John C. Rodgers, Lilian P. Sales Rebecca G.Y. Seeto, Craig M. Shuttleworth Michael J. Somers, Cottrell T. Tamessar Rose M.O. Upton, Florian J. Weise	rewilding, pleistocene, island, restoration, ecological equivalent species	Biological Conservation	No
08/02/2019	Optimizing the use of endangered species in multi-population collection, captive breeding and release programs	J.A. Heinrichs, D.T. McKinnon, C.L. Aldridge, A. Moehrenschlager	captive breeding, conservation translocation, greater sage-grouse, individual-based model	Global Ecology and Conservation	Yes
30/10/2018	Projecting further increases in conservation translocations: a Canadian case study	Swan, K.D., Lloyd, N.A., Moehrenschlager, A.	Species at Risk Act, COSEWIC, species recovery, reintroduction	Biological Conservation	Yes
10/10/2018	Standardizing the evaluation of community-based conservation success	Brichieri-Colombi, TA, McPherson, JM, Sheppard, DJ, Mason, J, Moehrenschlager, A.	biodiversity, CBD Aichi targets, community-based conservation, hippopoptamus, Ghana	Ecological Applications	Yes
04/10/2017	Climate change impacts on the conservation outlook of populations on the poleward periphery of species ranges: A case study of Canadian black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)	Stephens, T., S. C. Wilson, F. Cassidy, D. Bender, D. Gummer, D. H. V. Smith, N. Lloyd, J. M. McPherson and A. Moehrenschlager.	black-tailed prairie dog, black-footed ferret, climate change, sylvatic plague, wildlife management	Global Change Biology	Yes
14/10/2017	Effects of environmental variables on calling behaviour of northern leopard frogs, Lithobates pipens, in Alberta	Sommers M., Randall L.A., Barclay R.M.R.	northern leopard frog, phenology	Canadian Journal of Zoology	No
16/10/2016	In aid of (re)discovered species: maximizing conservation insights from minimal data	Brichieri-Colombi, T. A., McPherson, J.M.M, Sheppard, D.J., and A. Moehrenschlager	sitatunga, rediscovery, species distribution model, viability	Animal Conservation	Yes
11/06/2016	Stereotypic route tracing in captive Carnivora is predicted by species-typical home range sizes and hunting styles	Kroshko, J., Clubb, R., Harper, L., Mellor, E., Moehrenschlager, A., & Mason, G.	behavioural needs, captive breeding, ethological needs, infant mortality, welfare	Animal Behaviour	No
26/08/2016	Tiptoeing cautiously yet confidently: Health considerations for conservation translocations	Moehrenschlager. A.	conservation translocations, reintroductions	EcoHealth	Yes
27/04/2016	Alignment of threat, effort and perceived success in North American conservation translocations.	Brichieri-Colombi, T. A. and A. Moehrenschlager	assisted colonization, ecological replacement, geographic distribution	Conservation Biology	Yes
21/03/2016	Integrating traditional knowledge when it appears to conflict with conservation: lessons from the discovery and protection of sitatunga in Ghana	McPherson, J. M., J. Sammy, D. J. Sheppard, J. J. Mason, T. A. Brichieri-Colombi and A. Moehrenschlager	sitatunga, community-based conservation, local knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge	Ecology and Society	Yes
08/12/2015	Managing marine biodiversity: The rising diversity and prevalence of marine conservation translocations	Swan, K.D., McPherson, J.M., Seddon, P.J., & Moehrenschlager, A.	assisted colonization, conservation translocation, ecological replacement, marine, oceans	Conservation Letters	Yes
18/05/2015	Seasonal Differences in Extinction and Colonization Drive Occupancy Dynamics of an Imperilled Amphibian	Randall, L. A., Smith, D. H., Jones, B. L., Prescott, D. R., & Moehrenschlager, A.	northern leopard frog, population dynamics	Plos One	Yes
08/02/2014	Reintroducing resurrected species: selecting DeExtinction candidates	Seddon, P.J., Moehrenschlager, A. and J. Ewen	rewilding, ressurection biology, conservation introduction, species restoration	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	No
23/08/2015	Temporal analysis of genetic structure to assess population dynamics of reintroduced swift foxes	Cullingham, C. and A. Moehrenschlager	swift fox, genetic analysis, connectivity	Conservation Biology	No
18/03/2013	Conflicting and complementary ethics of animal welfare considerations in reintroductions	Harrington, L.A., Moehrenschlager, A., Gelling, M., Hughes, J., Atkinson, R., and D.W. Macdonald	ethics, animal welfare, reintroductions	Conservation Biology	No
12/10/2013	Food limitation at species range limits: Impacts of food availability on the density and colony expansion of prairie dog populations at their northern periphery	Lloyd, N., Moehrenschlager, A., Smith, D.H.V., and D. Bender	black-tailed prairie dog, density, population dynamics, food dynamics	Biological Conservation	Yes
03/01/2013	“Words matter”. A response to Jorgensen’s treatment of historic range and definitions of reintroductions	Dalrymple, S. E. and A. Moehrenschlager		Restoration Ecology
21/10/2011	Integrating biodiversity knowledge: toward a global map of life	Jetz, W., McPherson, J.M., and R.P. Guralnick	Opinion, biodiversity, spatial distribution	Trends in Ecology and Evolution	No
04/06/2012	Archive eggs: a research and management tool for avian conservation breeding	Smith, D.H.V., Moehrenschlager, A., Christensen, N., Knapik, D., Gibson, K., and S.J. Converse	whooping crane, sandhill crane, artificual incubation, avian	Wildlife Society Bulletin	No
11/05/2011	Decision analysis for conservation breeding: Maximizing production for reintroduction of whooping cranes	Smith, D.H.V., Converse, S.J., Gibson, K.W., Moehrenschlager, A., Link, W.A., Olsen, G.H., and K. Maguire	whooping crane, captive breeding, reproductive success	Journal of Wildlife Management.	No
31/12/2010	Concentrations of 17 elements, including mercury, in the tissues, food, and abiotic environment of arctic shorebirds	Hagreaves, A.L., Whiteside, D.P., and G. Gilchrist	charadriiformes, heavy metals, red blood cells, bioconcentration factor, biomagnification factor	Science of the Total Environment	No
23/08/2018	Reintroduction	Armstrong, D.P., Seddon, P.J., and A. Moehrenschlager Editors: Fath, B.D.		Encyclopedia of Ecology, 2nd edition, Vol. 1 Publisher: Oxford: Elsevier	No
04/09/2018	Advances in Captive Breeding and Management	Black, SR, & Swan, KD Editors: French J., Converse S., & J. Austin		Whooping Cranes: Biology and Conservation Publisher: Academic Press	No
13/09/2016	Release considerations and techniques to improve conservation translocation success	Moehrenschlager, A., and N. Lloyd Editors: Jachowski, D.S., Millspaugh, J.J., Angermeier,P., Slotow, R.		Reintroduction of Fish and Wildlife Populations Publisher: University of California Press	No
03/07/2016	Reintroduction of the northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada	Randall, L., Kendell, K., Govindarajulu, P., Houston, B., Ohanjanian, P., and A. Moehrenschlager Editors: Soorae, P.		Global reintroductions perspectives 2016: Case-studies from around the globe Publisher: IUCN Press	Yes
25/02/2013	Righting past wrongs and ensuring the future: challenges and opportunities for effective reintroductions amidst a biodiversity crisis	Moehrenschlager, A., Shier, D., Moorehouse, T., and M. Stanley-Price Editors: D.W. Macdonald		Key Topics in Conservation Biology, Volume 2 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Press	No
15/07/2010	Ten years of adaptive community-governed conservation:evaluating biodiversity protection and poverty alleviation in a West African hippopotamus reserve	Sheppard, D. J., A. Moehrenschlager, J. M. McPherson, and J. J. Mason		Environmental Conservation	No
31/03/2023	Using decision analysis to determine the feasibility of a conservation translocation	Laura M. Keating, Lea Randall, Rebecca Stanton, Casey McCormack, Michael Lucid, Travis Seaborn, Sarah J. Converse, Stefano Canessa, Axel Moehrenschlager	northern leopard frog, decision analysis, conservation translocation, feasibility assessment, reintroduction, structured decision-making	Decision Analysis	Yes
20/01/2023	Prioritizing species conservation programs based on IUCN Green Status and estimates of cost-sharing potential	Natasha A. Lloyd, Laura M. Keating, Alyssa J. Friesen, Dylan M. Cole, Jana M. McPherson, H. Resit Akçakaya, Axel Moehrenschlager	conservation translocation, benefits-to-cost ratio, IUCN Green Status, structured decision-making	Conservation Biology	Yes
02/08/2023	Genetic analysis reveals hidden threats and new motivation for conservation translocation of black-tailed prairie dogs at the northern limit of their range	C.I. Cullingham, T.R. Stephens, K.D. Swan, S.C. Wilson, J.K. Janes, M.R. Matchett, R. Griebel, A. Moehrenschlager	black-tailed prairie dog, conservation genetics, conservation translocation, inbreeding, genetic rescue	Global Ecology and Conservation	Yes
05/07/2023	Environmental DNA surveys can underestimate amphibian occupancy and overestimate detection probability: implications for practice	Lea A. Randall, Caren S. Goldberg, Axel Moehenschlager	northern leopard frog, eDNA, boreal chorus frog, automated recording units, visual encounter survey, multi-method occupancy model	The Journal of Wildlife Management	Yes
07/12/2023	Regionally unique ant assemblages associated with community-based conservation in northwestern Ghana	Christine E. Sosiak, Robert W. Longair, Tungbani Issahaku Agba, Donna J. Sheppard, Jana M. McPherson, James R. N. Glasier, Axel Moehrenschlager	Community-based conservation, floodplain, formicidae, riparian forest, savannah, Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, West Africa	Biotropica	Yes
11/03/2024	Losing lemurs: Declining populations and land cover changes over space and time	Pamela R. Narváez-Torres, Nicola K. Guthrie, Typhenn A. Brichieri-Colombi, Cressant P. Razafindravelo, Zachary S. Jacobson, Fredo Tera, Daniel V. Rafidimanana, Zé-Elinah Rahasivelo, Melody A. Petersen, Hasinala Ramangason, Lea Randall, Jana M. McPherson, Cynthia L. Frasier, Axel Moehrenschlager, Sheila M. Holmes, Edward E. Louis Jr., Steig E. Johnson	Lemur, conservation, deforestation, density, habitat loss, Madagascar	American Journal of Primatology	Yes
12/06/2024	Benefits of traditional and local ecological knowledge for species recovery when scientific inference is limited	Donna J. Sheppard, Danica J. Stark, Solomon Wachiuri Muturi, Peter Hannington Munene	conservation re-introduction, critically endangered species, historical knowledge, mountain bongo	Frontiers in Conservation Science	Yes
16/07/2024	Genetic assessment and monitoring of wild, captive, and reintroduced northern leopard frog populations	Parinaz Khalilzadeh, Lea Randall, David Coltman, Lindsay Anderson, David Lesbarrères	Northern leopard frog, genetic assessment, genetic monitoring	Conservation Genetics	No
08/12/2024	Visualizing the risk landscape to adaptively increase post-release survival of translocated Galliformes	Shelley L. Nelson, D. Joanne Saher, John Huang, Donald T. McKinnon, Amelia Coleing, Ilsa A. Griebel, Troy I. Wellicome, Axel Moehrenschlager, Julie A. Heinrichs	Conservation translocation, captive breeding, greater sage-grouse, accelerated failure time model, risk surface	Frontiers in Conservation Science	Yes
05/01/2016	An exploration of conservation breeding and translocation tools to improve the conservation status of boreal caribou populations in western Canada	T. Hayek, N. Lloyd, M.R. Stanley-Price, A. Saxena, A. Moehrenschlager	Boreal caribou, conservation breeding, translocation	Report prepared by Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoological Society	Yes
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