caa a22 4500 388047232 CHVBK 20180307125041.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199810 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1998.d01-57.x doi S0030605300030076 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1046/j.1365-3008.1998.d01-57.x Translocation and introduction of the Zanzibar red colobus monkey: success and failure with an endangered island endemic [Elektronische Daten] The Zanzibar red colobus Procolobus kirkii is one of Africa's most endangered primates, with only c. 1500-2000 individuals remaining in the wild. The authors made preliminary surveys of three areas where this monkey was translocated or introduced in the 1970s and 1980s. It appears that only one of these releases was successful. A total of 67 animals were caught and translocated or introduced (including four that died during the process). Thirteen to 20 years later, 62-70 red colobus were located at the three sites; i. e. there had been no net gain in colobus numbers as a result of the translocations and introduction. One attempt apparently failed because of insufficient habitat, and another perhaps because of insufficient numbers ofcolobus or an imbalance in the age and sex composition of animals released. The one successful translocation involved moving a fairly large number of monkeys (36) into a forest with a relatively high diversity of tree species. In light of these findings, the authors recommend that far more attention be given to protecting the monkeys and their habitat where they currently exist, rather than spend time and money on translocations that are as likely to fail as to succeed. Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1998 Struhsaker Thomas T. Department of Biological Anthropology, Duke University, PO Box 90383 Durham, NC 27708-0383, USA. E-mail: tomstru@acpub.duke.edu Siex Kirstin S. Department of Biological Anthropology, Duke University, PO Box 90383 Durham, NC 27708-0383, USA. E-mail: tomstru@acpub.duke.edu Oryx Cambridge University Press 32/4(1998-10), 277-284 0030-6053 32:4<277 1998 32 ORX https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3008.1998.d01-57.x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3008.1998.d01-57.x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Struhsaker Thomas T. Department of Biological Anthropology, Duke University, PO Box 90383 Durham, NC 27708-0383, USA. E-mail: tomstru@acpub.duke.edu NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Siex Kirstin S. Department of Biological Anthropology, Duke University, PO Box 90383 Durham, NC 27708-0383, USA. E-mail: tomstru@acpub.duke.edu NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oryx Cambridge University Press 32/4(1998-10), 277-284 0030-6053 32:4<277 1998 32 ORX CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge