The passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was an iconic species in eastern North America that was one of the most numerous birds in the world at the time of European colonization. Passenger pigeons went extinct in 1914 due to excessive hunting. Current research aims to de‐extinct the passenger pigeon and someday release the species into its historic range. To determine under which conditions a passenger pigeon colony could survive a reintroduction into a natural habitat, we developed an agent‐based model to simulate the population dynamics of the passenger pigeon in a number of present‐day forest environments. The model incorporates the following stochastic processes: resource distribution, reproduction, and natural death. Bioenergetics, forest composition, and other ecological values were obtained from literature. Our simulation results suggest that passenger pigeons could survive a reintroduction into a modern natural environment, but their survival can be optimized with certain release dates, sex ratios, and forest composition.

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基于代理的模型确定成功的灭绝客鸽再引进

客鸽（Ectopistes migratorius）是北美东部的标志性物种，在欧洲殖民时期是世界上数量最多的鸟类之一。由于过度捕猎，赛鸽在1914年灭绝。目前的研究旨在消灭客鸽，并有朝一日将其释放到历史范围内。为了确定客鸽群体在重新引入自然栖息地的条件下可以生存，我们开发了一种基于代理的模型来模拟客鸽在当今许多森林环境中的种群动态。该模型包含以下随机过程：资源分配，再生产和自然死亡。从文献中获得了生物能学，森林组成和其他生态价值。