Martínez-Abraín, AlejandroQuevedo de Anta, MarioSerrano, David2023-06-222023-06-222022-03-11Alejandro Martínez-Abraín, Mario Quevedo, David Serrano, Translocation in relict shy-selected animal populations: Program success versus prevention of wildlife-human conflict, Biological Conservation, Volume 268, 2022, 109519, ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109519. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320722000726)0006-3207http://hdl.handle.net/2183/33237Financiado para publicación en acceso aberto: Universidade da Coruña/CISUG[Abstract] Past human persecution of wildlife has acted as a major selection agent shaping many animal features including behaviour. A major component of behaviour with diverse consequences for conservation is the shyness/boldness continuum. Shyer individuals are often geographically restricted, less prone to wander out of their ecological refuges but, on the contrary, less likely to experience human-induced mortality and lead to human-wildlife conflict. In this essay we discuss how the success of translocations may interact both positively and negatively with animal personalities, based on several case studies of re-introductions and reinforcements involving remnant mammal and bird populations. Although shyness may be inconvenient to conservationists when dealing with raptor translocations in which eventual dispersal may be a desired trait in the long run, a trade-off may emerge between boldness and prevention of human-wildlife conflict when dealing with large carnivores. Some other trade-offs may also occur, such as that between boldness and desired philopatry at the initial stage of re-introductions.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Human-wildlife conflictWildlife translocationsShynessBoldnessHuman landscapesDispersaljournal articleopen access10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109519