Actions to conserve biodiversity
We have summarised evidence from the scientific literature about the effects of actions to conserve wildlife and ecosystems.
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Amphibians: Vary food provision to reflect seasonal availability in the wild Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Amphibians: Formulate adult diet to reflect nutritional composition of wild foods Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Amphibians: Supplement diets with vitamins/ calcium fed to prey (e.g. prey gut loading) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Amphibians: Supplement diets with vitamins/ calcium applied to food (e.g. dusting prey) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Amphibians: Supplement diets with carotenoids (including for colouration) Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Amphibians: Increase caloric intake of females in preparation for breeding Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Amphibians: Formulate larval diets to improve development or survival to adulthood Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Amphibians: Leave infertile eggs at spawn site as food for egg-eating larvae Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Amphibians: Manipulate humidity to improve development or survival to adulthood Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Amphibians: Manipulate quality and quantity of enclosure lighting to improve development or survival to adulthood Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Amphibians: Manipulate temperature of enclosure to improve development or survival to adulthood Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 4 |
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Amphibians: Manipulate larval density within the enclosure Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Amphibians: Allow adults to attend their eggs Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Amphibians: Use hormone treatment to induce sperm and egg release Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 17 |
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Amphibians: Use artificial fertilization in captive breeding Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 4 |
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Amphibians: Use artificial cloning from frozen or fresh tissue Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Amphibians: Freeze sperm or eggs for future use Action Link |
Unlikely to be beneficial | 10 |
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Carnivores: Feed commercially prepared diets Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 5 |
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Carnivores: Feed whole carcasses (with or without organs/gastrointestinal tract) Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 6 |
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Carnivores: Provide bones, hides or partial carcasses Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Carnivores: Feed a plant-derived protein diet Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Carnivores: Provide food on a random temporal schedule Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 7 |
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Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diets with prebiotic plant material to facilitate digestion Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Carnivores: Allocate fast days Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diet with vitamins or minerals Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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What are 'Individual studies' and 'Actions'?
Individual studies
An individual study is a summary of a specific scientific study, usually taken from a scientific journal, but also from other resources such as reports. It tells you the background context, the action(s) taken and their consequences.
If you want more detail please look at the original reference.
Actions
Each action page focuses on a particular action you could take to benefit wildlife or ecosystems.
It contains brief (150-200 word) descriptions of relevant studies (context, action(s) taken and their consequences) and one or more key messages.
Key messages show the extent and main conclusions of the available evidence. Using links within key messages, you can look at the paragraphs describing each study to get more detail. Each paragraph allows you to assess the quality of the evidence and how relevant it is to your situation.
Where we found no evidence, we have been unable to assess whether or not an intervention is effective or has any harmful impacts.