Typhenn A. Brichieri-Colombi, Natasha A. Lloyd, Jana M. McPherson, Axel Moehrenschlager

“ Captive breeding by zoos was more likely to contribute to North American releases for amphibians (42%) , terrestrial invertebrates (29%) , mammals (19%) , and birds (17%) than reptiles (15%) , fish (2%) , or marine invertebrates (0) . Of the 54 zoos involved, 50 were in North America and 4 in Europe. Of the North American Zoos, 42 were AZA accredited, representing only 18% of 230 AZA institutions. ”

“ Zoo staff coauthored 5% of all papers in the NACT data set and 39% (94) of articles with zoo involvement. The proportion of publications with zoo staff as coauthors increased over time (r = 0.480, p < 0. 01) (Figs. 1c & d) from 0% in 1974 to 42% in 2013. ”