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A long-term view of rare plant reintroduction

Albrecht, M. A., Guerrant, E. O., Maschinski, J., Kennedy, K. L. 2011. Biological Conservation, Volume 144, Number 11: 2557-2558
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Drawing on a literature review and survey questionnaires, Godefroid et al. (2011) explore how demographic, genetic, and ecological factors influence success rates in plant reintroductions and present valuable recommendations to improve plant reintroduction success. But we are concerned that the generally dismal picture they paint may erroneously be viewed by conservation practitioners, land managers, and policy makers as being broadly representative of reintroduction in general, causing hesitation or even dismissing reintroduction as a beneficial conservation tool.