Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust scientific output 1999

Research is a central part of the increasingly important role of toes in th e development of conservation biology. Expanding our understanding of both in-situ and ex-situ conservation techniques requires people with the skills to carry out high quality research, and to present the results to the zoo and conservation community at large. This paper presents a list of the 1999 publications and conference presentations of the staff of the Durrell Wild life Conservation Trust and of collaborators affiliated with the Trust. An analysis of the scientific output of the Trust's staff since 1993 shows tha t research output has increased steadily, as has the number of individual s taff members involved in carrying out and presenting the results of researc h studies.