Rewilding in cold blood: Restoring functionality in degraded ecosystems using herbivorous reptiles
Rewilding constitutes an ecological recovery approach that has been promoted to restore vanished ecological functions by replacing recently extinct or extirpated species through the reintroduction of the missing species or the introduction of their non ...
Gavin Stark, Mauro Galetti
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Delivering resilience for people and nature in Anthropocene landscapes
Abstract The concept of resilience is widespread in strategies for enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services, but, in practice, resilience means different things in different socio‐ecological and policy contexts and to different people. In this perspective, we argue that the current use of the resilience concept fails to recognise this lack of ...
Jack H. Hatfield +5 more
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The Size-Weight Illusion Is Not an Illusion When Picking the Best Objects to Throw [PDF]
Heaviness perception involves a misperception of weight known, since the 19th century, as the Size-Weight Illusion ^1^. The larger of two objects of equal mass is reported to be lighter than the smaller when they are lifted.
Geoffrey Bingham, Qin Zhu
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Views from the hill: Deer stalkers' perspectives on land‐use change in the Scottish Highlands
Abstract Land‐use and wildlife management are changing globally as part of efforts to address contemporary environmental challenges. In the Scottish Highlands, the hunting—or ‘stalking’—of deer has entered a period of considerable flux primarily because of national policy changes to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss.
Callum Leavey‐Wilson +2 more
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Community attitudes and support for the restoration of a cryptic seabird in a peopled landscape
Abstract Ecological restoration projects aim to facilitate species recovery, including the reintroduction and recolonisation of extirpated species. In the case of highly mobile species, restoring habitat within the species' historic range can lead to natural recolonisation.
Michael R. Fox +2 more
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Agricultural rewilding with livestock: Lessons for implementation in Europe
Agricultural rewilding is a novel concept positioned on a gradient between agroecology and rewilding, combining the restoration of ecological processes with agricultural production.
Vivian vanDooren +2 more
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Visioning ecologically diverse and harmonious futures of Korea in Good Anthropocene
Abstract The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer between North and South Korea, holds profound historical, cultural and ecological significance, as well as exceptional potential for conservation and transformation. This study explores ecologically diverse and peaceful futures for the Korean Peninsula by envisioning the DMZ as a landscape for ...
HyeJin Kim +24 more
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Пастбищная стратегия зубра, оленя благородного и косули [PDF]
Всех травоядных копытных принято разделять в зависимости от их воздействия на растительность на травоедов, траво-листоедов и листоедов. Наличие этих групп травоядных обеспечивает формирование высокопродуктивных и гетерогенных экосистем. С целью отнесения
Козорез, Александр Иванович
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New spaces for nature: The re-territorialisation of biodiversity conservation under neoliberalism in the UK [PDF]
Biodiversity conservation is a fundamentally spatial practice. For more than a century, conservation's leading strategy has been the establishment of protected areas. Governance by the state has been central to conservation's claim to territory.
Adams, WM, Hodge, ID, Sandbrook, L
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