The architecture of assisted colonisation in sea turtles: building new populations in a biodiversity crisis

Anna Barbanti; Janice M. Blumenthal; Annette C. Broderick; Brendan J. Godley; Alejandro Prat-Varela; Maria Turmo; Marta Pascual; Carlos Carreras

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29232-5

Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

The architecture of assisted colonisation in sea turtles: building new populations in a biodiversity crisis

Anna Barbanti,
Janice M. Blumenthal,
Annette C. Broderick,
Brendan J. Godley,
Alejandro Prat-Varela,
Maria Turmo,
Marta Pascual,
Carlos Carreras

Affiliations

Anna Barbanti: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona
Janice M. Blumenthal: Department of Environment
Annette C. Broderick: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus
Brendan J. Godley: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus
Alejandro Prat-Varela: Department of Environment
Maria Turmo: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona
Marta Pascual: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona
Carlos Carreras: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29232-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Empirical evidence on the process of founding new populations for assisted colonisations is limited. This work examined two wild populations of green turtles in the Cayman Islands following a reintroduction program started 50 years ago. They show both populations are highly related to the captive population and that philopatry may reinforce the success of new populations.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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