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with those of the black robin and pink pigeon are also prime examples, as mis-diagnosis of the
reasons for their decline due to intuition and coincidence had hampered recovery before
thorough ecological monitoring and fieldwork identified the true
limiting factors to enable
appropriate recovery management (Caughley & Gunn, 1996). Likewise, appropriate
conservation measures were only taken for the prairie chicken, Key Largo wood rat, and white
tailed deer after a comprehensive analysis of the scientific literature on the species and habitat
over a period of time (McCleery et al, in press). It has been suggested that the stakes are too
high in endangered species conservation to take actions without the best scientific information
(Smallwood et al, 2000).
It is clear that the chances of success of any conservation action will be increased when it is
based upon solid evidence. It is widely believed that the ‘evidence based’ (Sutherland et al,
2004) conservation model should be taken a step further to incorporate ‘adaptive
management’, a concept whereby research
and action are combined, mixing evidence with
experience, with the results of monitoring identifying the focus for further research or action
and reporting failures for future improvement (Salafsky et al, 2002; Kleiman et al, 2000;
Fazey et al, 2004; Huetmann, 2005), of which peer review is an essential component (Karanth
et al, 2003).
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