Pleistocene rewilding: An optimistic agenda for twenty-first century conservation

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 660-681

  Donlan, C Josh ^a   Berger, Joel ^b   Bock, Carl E ^c   Bock, Jane H ^c   Burney, David A ^d,e   Estes, James A ^f   Foreman, Dave ^g   Martin, Paul S ^h   Roemer, Gary W ⁱ   Smith, Felisa A ^j   Soulé, Michael E ^k   Greene, Harry W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Rewilding Institute   (United States)

^h University of Arizona   (United States)

ⁱ NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^k NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Carnivores; Ecological history; Megafauna; Predation; Reintroduction; Taxon substitutions

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FAUNA; FOOD WEB; PEST SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; NORTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

AFRICA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; GOPHERUS FLAVOMARGINATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750964247     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508027     Document Type: Review

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