Assisted colonization; Ecological replacement; Ecological restoration; Plant reintroduction; Population reinforcement; Species recovery; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Ecology; Nature and Landscape Conservation
Abstract :
[en] Plant translocation is a conservation technique increasingly used around the world. In Europe, numerous unpublished initiatives have resulted in scattered information in grey literature that is difficult to access. This represents a major obstacle to the exchange of information and experience among scientists, practitioners and competent authorities. To help filling this gap, we launched a large-scale questionnaire survey with 39 questions relating to methods, motivations, problems encountered and outcomes, supplemented by a screening of scientific publications, grey literature and national/regional databases. We gathered data on 3211 plant translocations across the European continent carried out on 1166 taxa in 28 countries, which represents the largest dataset of its kind in the world to date. Target translocated species were mainly forbs from grassland habitats and had a conservation status of greater concern nationally than globally. Practitioners mainly used plug plants originating from a single source (the geographically closest to the target site). Weather events and plant diseases were the most often unanticipated problems noticed by respondents. Through monitoring, it was found that most populations flowered but often did not reproduce and could not persist for more than five years, showcasing the challenge that translocations still present for conservationists. This work will be useful in linking conservationists and enabling them to save time and resources by more easily identifying the best practices suited to their target species, with the ultimate aim of improving the science and practice of plant translocations in Europe and beyond.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Godefroid, Sandrine ; Research Department, Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium ; Service général de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium ; Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Lacquaye, Sam; Research Department, Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium
Ensslin, Andreas; Geneva Conservatory and Botanical Garden, Chambésy, Switzerland
Dalrymple, Sarah; School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom ; IUCN/SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland
Abeli, Thomas; Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy ; IUCN/SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland
Branwood, Hannah; School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ferrando Pardo, Inmaculada; Centre for Forestry Research and Experimentation (CIEF), Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
Ferrer Gallego, P. Pablo; Centre for Forestry Research and Experimentation (CIEF), Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
Zippel, Elke; Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Gouveia, Luísa; Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Jardim Botânico da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
Lobo, Carlos Alberto; Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Jardim Botânico da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
Fernandes, Francisco; Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Jardim Botânico da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
Rasp, Marion; School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany ; Bayerische KulturLandStiftung, Munich, Germany
Daco, Laura; Musée national d’histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Seleck, Maxime ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biodiversité, Ecosystème et Paysage (BEP)
Frankard, Philippe; Département du Milieu Naturel et Agricole, Service Public de Wallonie, Gembloux, Belgium
Fischer, Leonie K.; Institute of Landscape Planning and Ecology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Koutsovoulou, Katerina; Section of Botany, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece ; Ministry of Environment and Energy, Green Fund, Kifisia, Greece
Finger, Aline; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Valkó, Orsolya; Lendület’ Seed Ecology Research Group, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
Garfi, Giuseppe; CNR-Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Palermo, Italy
Bürli, Sarah; Botanical Garden and Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Dickenmann, Regula; ETH Büro für angewandte Ökologie, Zurich, Switzerland
Jones, Johanna; Plantlife, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Guyonneau, Julien; Observatoire régional des invertébrés, Conservatoire botanique national de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Papuga, Guillaume; AMAP Research Unit, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
De Vitis, Marcello; Botanic Garden, Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Fenu, Giuseppe; Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Van Rossum, Fabienne; Research Department, Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium ; Service général de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Cogoni, Donatella; Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Foster, Gail; NatureScot, Inverness, United Kingdom
Julien, Margaux; Independent Researcher, Montpellier, France
Piqueray, Julien; Natagriwal, Gembloux, Belgium
Vít, Petr; Division of Plant Species Protection, Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Bonnet, Véronique; Conservatoire botanique national alpin, Chambéry, France
Carta, Angelino; Botany Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Descombes, Patrice; Department of Botany, Naturéum – State Museum of Natural Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
Lazarević, Maja; Department of Plant Ecology and Phytogeography, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Müller, Norbert; Department Landscape Management & Restoration Ecology, Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, Erfurt, Germany
Orsenigo, Simone; Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Ravera, Sonia; Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Sild, Mari; Tallinn Botanic Garden, Tallinn, Estonia
Smyth, Sarah; NatureScot, Inverness, United Kingdom
Wagner, Thomas C.; School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
Walisch, Tania; Musée national d’histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Ballian, Dalibor; Faculty of Forestry, Sarajevo University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Slovenian Forest Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia ; Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cambria, Vito Emanuele; Botanic Garden, Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Colas, Bruno; CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
Dixon, Lara; Conservatoire botanique national méditerranéen, Hyères, France
Draper, David; Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Froidevaux, Viviane; Parc naturel régional du Doubs, Saignelégier, Switzerland
Pagitz, Konrad; Botanic Garden, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Pánková, Hana; Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
Pankhurst, Tim; Plantlife, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Preston, Jamie; National Trust, Swindon, United Kingdom
Prunier, Patrice; Land Nature and Landscape Institute, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Jussy, Switzerland
Saura-Mas, Sandra; Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain ; Ecology Unit, Autonomous University Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Funding text :
This paper is based upon work from COST Action ConservePlants CA18201, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). H.B. received a Virtual Mobility Grant from the COST Action ConservePlants CA18201.
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