Translocations are an important conservation tool that enable the restoration of species and their ecological functions. They are particularly important during the current environmental crisis. We used a combination of text-analysis tools to track the history and evolution of the peer-reviewed scientific literature on animal translocation science. We compared this corpus with research showcased in the IUCNs Global Conservation Translocation Perspectives, a curated collection of non-peer-reviewed reintroduction case studies. We show that the peer-reviewed literature, in its infancy, was dominated by charismatic species. It then grew in two classical threads: management of the species of concern and management of the environment of the species. The peer-reviewed literature exhibits a bias towards large charismatic mammals, and while these data are invaluable, expansion to under-represented groups such as insects and reptiles will be critical to combating biodiversity loss across taxonomic groups. These biases were similar in the Translocation Perspectives, but with some subtle differences. To ensure translocation science can address global issues, we need to overcome barriers that restrict this research to a limited number of countries.

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动物易位研究的趋势

易位是一种重要的保护工具，可以恢复物种及其生态功能。在当前的环境危机中，它们尤为重要。我们结合使用文本分析工具来追踪经过同行评审的关于动物易位科学的科学文献的历史和演变。我们将此语料库与 IUCN 全球保护易地展望中展示的研究进行了比较，后者是未经同行评审的重新引入案例研究的精选集。我们表明，同行评议的文学在其起步阶段主要由有魅力的物种主导。然后，它在两个经典主线中发展：受关注物种的管理和物种环境的管理。同行评议的文献表现出对大型魅力哺乳动物的偏见，尽管这些数据非常宝贵，但扩展到昆虫和爬行动物等代表性不足的群体对于抗击整个分类群体的生物多样性丧失至关重要。这些偏见在易位观点中是相似的，但有一些细微的差别。为确保易位科学能够解决全球性问题，我们需要克服将这项研究限制在少数国家的障碍。