Assisted migration: part of an integrated conservation strategy

A response letter to an article written by Ricciardi and Simberloff (2009). "Although we agree with several of their points, we believe that assisted migration could become an important part of integrated conservation strategies. Ricciardi and Simberloff focus on extreme examples of species translocations, including the ‘re-wilding’ of North America with African mammals and other examples of intercontinental and long distance transport of species. We do not condone these practices as legitimate conservation strategies because we also recognize the risk of biological invasions.