Will Atkins wrote:the real problem is what happens in the months and years after the animals are released in their 'perfect' new habitat.
Will Atkins wrote:the real problem is what happens in the months and years after the animals are released in their 'perfect' new habitat.
So the obvious question is why is the species not there already?
Will Atkins wrote: One possibility is that adult adders are fairly resilient and can feed on small mammals, but in the UK the
newborns need a supply of young Zootoca. Some receptor sites may have few (or even no) Zootoca,
so the population is doomed to fail as it cannot recruit itself.
Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:I tend to prefer compensation in the shape of strengthening existing populations
(improving habitat quality and/or expanding "habitat quantity") rather than creating new ones.
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