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Caron, S., Lepeigneul, O., Beck, E., Barbier, M., Ekori, A., & Ausanneau, M., et al. , Translocations de testudo hermanni hermanni en france: Étude de faisabilité, mise en oeuvre et premiers résultats. Unpublished paper presented at Atelier international sur la gestion et la restauration des populations et habitats de la Tortue d’Hermann / International workshop on the management and restoration of Hermann’s tortoise populations and habitats.
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| Resource type: Conference Paper BibTeX citation key: Caron2013 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Habitat - habitat, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Südwesteuropa - South-Western Europa, Testudinidae, Testudo hermanni Creators: Ausanneau, Ballouard, Barbier, Batista, Beck, Bonnet, Buisson, Caron, Ekori, Ghetti, Johany, Jourdan, Lepeigneul Collection: Atelier international sur la gestion et la restauration des populations et habitats de la Tortue d’Hermann / International workshop on the management and restoration of Hermann’s tortoise populations and habitats |
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Testudo hermanni Testudinidae Translocation might be a suitable tool to re-enforce populations of Testudo hermanni hermanni, especially those impacted by fire. Within the framework of a conservation Life+ program, we aimed to evaluate the success of translocation according to release methodology (i.e. season of release). First, we led a feasibility study aiming to select sites and individuals following IUCN guidelines. Translocated tortoises were selected from a pool of wild rescued animals kept in the SOPTOM rescue centre. They were carefully screened through an extensive health and genetic program. To limit homing, all chosen individuals were native originally from area situated more than 10 km away from the release sites. Then, the experiment takes place in early spring 2013. We released tortoises without acclimation (hard release) in a population impacted by fire in 1978. We examined the influence of this reinforcement procedure on both radio-tracked resident (N=25) and translocated (N=12) individuals and assessed behavioral and physiological responses. Five months after translocation, translocated tortoises did not exhibit any signs of strong disorder. Translocated tortoises accustomed remarkably well to their new environment. Except for three individuals among whom one died, they remained in the release area and did not differ from resident individuals in terms of movements, behaviors or changes in body condition. Resident individuals did not show any signs of perturbation caused by the release of novel individuals. Instead, we observed mating between resident and translocated tortoises. These first results are very encouraging for the expected settlement of translocated tortoises. They will be compared with a second pool of release (N=12) before hibernation.
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