Starting in the late 1970s, ecologists began unraveling the role of recently extinct large vertebrates in evolutionary ecology and ecosystem dynamics. Three decades later, practitioners are now considering the role of ecological history in conservation practice, and some have called for restoring missing ecological functions and evolutionary potential using taxon substitutes – extant, functionally similar taxa – to replace extinct species. This pro-active approach to biodiversity conservation has proved controversial. Yet, rewilding with taxon substitutes, or ecological analogues, is now being integrated into conservation and restoration programmes around the world. Empirical evidence is emerging that illustrates how taxon substitutions can...
Understanding the extent of morphological variation in the wild population of Aldabra giant tortoise...
Long-term population history can influence the genetic effects of recent bottlenecks. Therefore, for...
Species are being lost at an unprecedented rate due to human-driven environmental changes. The cases...
Starting in the late 1970s, ecologists began unraveling the role of recently extinct large vertebrat...
International audienceThe extinctions of keystone megafauna during the Pleistocene and Holocene cont...
vertebrates, and hence their species interactions, were lost relatively recently [5], because the si...
The late Quaternary is characterized by the extinction of many terrestrial megafauna, which included...
The giant tortoises of the Galápagos have become greatly depleted since European discovery of the is...
SummaryThere is increasing evidence that restoration ecologists should be most concerned with restor...
Alarm over the prospects for survival of species in a rapidly changing world has encouraged discussi...
Replacing recently extinct endemic giant tortoises with extant, functional analogues provide the per...
Aim A major Late Quaternary vertebrate extinction event affected mostly large-bodied 'megafauna'. Th...
Restoration of extirpated species via captive breeding has typically relied on population viability ...
Population genetics allows us to interpret the historical information contained in DNA, telling the ...
The extinction of frugivores has been considered one of the main drivers of the disruption of import...
Understanding the extent of morphological variation in the wild population of Aldabra giant tortoise...
Long-term population history can influence the genetic effects of recent bottlenecks. Therefore, for...
Species are being lost at an unprecedented rate due to human-driven environmental changes. The cases...
Starting in the late 1970s, ecologists began unraveling the role of recently extinct large vertebrat...
International audienceThe extinctions of keystone megafauna during the Pleistocene and Holocene cont...
vertebrates, and hence their species interactions, were lost relatively recently [5], because the si...
The late Quaternary is characterized by the extinction of many terrestrial megafauna, which included...
The giant tortoises of the Galápagos have become greatly depleted since European discovery of the is...
SummaryThere is increasing evidence that restoration ecologists should be most concerned with restor...
Alarm over the prospects for survival of species in a rapidly changing world has encouraged discussi...
Replacing recently extinct endemic giant tortoises with extant, functional analogues provide the per...
Aim A major Late Quaternary vertebrate extinction event affected mostly large-bodied 'megafauna'. Th...
Restoration of extirpated species via captive breeding has typically relied on population viability ...
Population genetics allows us to interpret the historical information contained in DNA, telling the ...
The extinction of frugivores has been considered one of the main drivers of the disruption of import...
Understanding the extent of morphological variation in the wild population of Aldabra giant tortoise...
Long-term population history can influence the genetic effects of recent bottlenecks. Therefore, for...
Species are being lost at an unprecedented rate due to human-driven environmental changes. The cases...