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Rewilding complex ecosystems
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posted on 2023-06-09, 17:48 authored by Andrea Perino, Henrique M Pereira, Laetitia M Navarro, Néstor Fernández, James M Bullock, Silvia Ceau?u, Ainara Cortés-Avizanda, Roel van Klink, Tobias Kuemmerle, Angela Lomba, Guy Pe’er, Tobias Plieninger, José M Rey Benayas, Christopher SandomChristopher Sandom, Jens-Christian Svenning, Helen C WheelerThe practice of rewilding has been both promoted and criticized in recent years. Benefits include flexibility to react to environmental change and the promotion of opportunities for society to reconnect with nature. Criticisms include the lack of a clear conceptualization of rewilding, insufficient knowledge about possible outcomes, and the perception that rewilding excludes people from landscapes. Here, we present a framework for rewilding that addresses these concerns.We suggest that rewilding efforts should target trophic complexity, natural disturbances, and dispersal as interacting processes that can improve ecosystem resilience and maintain biodiversity.We propose a structured approach to rewilding projects that includes assessment of the contributions of nature to people and the social-ecological constraints on restoration.
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ScienceISSN
1095-9203Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of ScienceExternal DOI
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6438Volume
364Page range
1-8Department affiliated with
- Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Publications
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2019-05-15First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-05-15First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-05-13Usage metrics
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