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Frequently asked questions

What is on this page?

Case studies 145 to 180 of 351, ordered by the year of the book they appeared in. The 36 entries here come from the 2011 to 2013 volumes, cover 25 countries, and by taxon group are mammals (14), birds (5), reptiles (4), plants (4), fish (3), invertebrates (3) and amphibians (3).

Who writes the case studies?

The people running each project write its case study, and each one ends with the project's own assessment of its success on a scale from highly successful to failure. That makes them practitioners' accounts of what happened, including what went wrong, rather than outside reviews.

How is each case study laid out?

Each follows the same format: an introduction, the project's goals and success indicators, a project summary, the major difficulties faced, the major lessons learned, and the reasons for success or failure. That common structure makes it possible to compare projects across species and countries.

Can I download them, and how do I find a particular species?

Every case study is a short PDF, free to download with no login. To narrow all 351 by species, taxon group, country or book year, use the filterable search instead of paging through this list.

How should I cite a case study?

Cite the chapter authors shown on the case study page along with the volume it appeared in. Each PDF opens with the cover and copyright page of its book, which gives the volume's recommended citation.