Rewilding in cold blood: Restoring functionality in degraded ecosystems using herbivorous reptiles
Global Ecology and Conservation,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
50, P. e02834 - e02834
Published: Feb. 9, 2024
Rewilding
constitutes
an
ecological
recovery
approach
that
has
been
promoted
to
restore
vanished
functions
by
replacing
recently
extinct
or
extirpated
species
through
the
reintroduction
of
missing
introduction
their
non-native
functional
analogues.
In
recent
years
we
have
witnessed
many
rewilding
projects
worldwide,
with
emphasis
on
re/introducing
large-bodied
mammals
(megafauna)
in
order
top-down
trophic
interactions
and
associated
cascades
promote
self-regulating
biodiverse
ecosystems
(i.e.,
rewilding).
However,
this
large-sized
conservation
initiatives
ignored
importance
other
taxa,
such
as
reptiles,
which
can
equally
serve
potential
candidates
projects.
There
appears
be
a
gap
scientific
literature
regard
effect
different
taxa
play
equal
important
roles
ecosystem
functionality
restoration.
Consequently,
there
is
need
for
comprehensive
systematic
review
subject.
Here,
highlight
significance
using
focusing
herbivorous
species,
purpose
restoration;
discuss
how
taxonomic
bias
led
uneven
goals
certain
vertebrate
groups.
Finally,
outline
consequences
reptilian
under
global
warming
relate
group
may
fare
these
initiatives.
Language: Английский
Reply to comments on “Rewilding a vanishing taxon – Restoring aquatic ecosystems using amphibians”
Biological Conservation,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 110953 - 110953
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
A Slow and Underappreciated Forest Megafauna: Food Habits, Movements, and Multiscale Habitat Preferences of Critically Endangered Sundaic Giant Tortoises (Manouria emys emys)
Integrative Zoology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 14, 2025
ABSTRACT
Sundaic
giant
tortoises
(
Manouria
emys
)
are
the
largest
chelonians
in
Asia.
Classified
as
critically
endangered,
they
extremely
rare
throughout
their
range.
The
limited
knowledge
of
behavior
and
ecology
hampers
effective
conservation
initiatives.
We
integrated
GPS
tracking,
behavioral
observations,
local
ecological
knowledge,
resource
selection
functions,
spatial
distribution
modeling,
landscape
functional
connectivity
to
assess
key
aspects
food
habits,
movement
patterns,
habitat
relationships
at
broad
scale
Sumatra,
Indonesia.
were
predominantly
diurnal
(93%
activities)
had
a
mean
home
range
27.5
ha
(±28.8
SD;
N
=
3
individuals,
autocorrelated
kernel
density
estimate).
identified
40
plant
species
from
20
families,
including
ferns,
monocots,
dicots,
consumed
by
tortoises.
They
fruits
30
these
plants,
swallowing
seeds
large
those
Durio
Artocarpus
(>2
×
4
cm),
indicating
potential
seed
dispersal
over
distances
exceeding
1
km.
Habitat
preference
analysis
both
island‐wide
scales
showed
consistent
for
primary
rainforests
with
steep
slopes
moderate
altitudes,
near
rivers,
mostly
on
western
side
island.
15
“priority
areas,”
that
is,
high
suitability
but
lacking
formal
protection.
Among
these,
only
one,
Gunung
Talang,
lacked
other
forest
areas,
prompting
us
propose
wildlife
corridor
connecting
it
Kerinci
Seblat
National
Park.
In
addition,
we
argue
hold
rewilding
operations
Sumatra
parts
range,
emphasizing
need
targeted
efforts.
Language: Английский
Rewilding a vanishing taxon – Restoring aquatic ecosystems using amphibians
Biological Conservation,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
292, P. 110559 - 110559
Published: March 21, 2024
The
increasing
rate
of
biodiversity
loss
and
the
number
threatened
or
endangered
species
worldwide
has
accelerated
conservation
recovery
strategies,
emphasising
fish,
birds,
mammals.
This
focus
mostly
neglected
amphibians,
which
are
currently
facing
most
existential
crisis
among
all
vertebrates,
with
declining
populations
across
habitats.
factors
driving
global
amphibian
declines
diverse,
often
synergistic,
predominantly
anthropogenic.
Amphibians
urgently
require
rapid
action,
we
cannot
afford
to
wait
while
important
critical
elements
required
initiate
effective
efforts
known.
We
recommend
(re)introduction
this
"forgotten"
taxon
via
guidelines
trophic
rewilding.
Amphibian
rewilding
initiatives
may
provide
early
indications
ecological
health
better
contribute
goals,
by
simultaneously
protecting
highly
species,
promoting
stability
in
these
ecosystems.
Language: Английский
Assembly, Persistence, and Disassembly Dynamics of Quaternary Caribbean Frugivore Communities
The American Naturalist,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
204(4), P. 400 - 415
Published: June 28, 2024
AbstractHow
communities
assemble
and
restructure
is
of
critical
importance
to
ecological
theory,
evolutionary
conservation,
but
long-term
perspectives
on
the
patterns
processes
community
assembly
are
rarely
integrated
into
traditional
ecology,
utility
as
an
concept
has
been
repeatedly
questioned
in
part
because
a
lack
temporal
perspective.
Through
synthesis
paleontological
neontological
data,
I
reconstruct
Caribbean
frugivore
over
Quaternary
(2.58
million
years
ago
present).
Numerous
lineages
arise
during
periods
coincident
with
global
origins
plant-frugivore
mutualisms.
The
persistence
many
these
indicative
stability,
analysis
extinctions
reveals
nonrandom
loss
large-bodied
mammalian
reptilian
frugivores.
Anthropogenic
impacts,
including
human
niche
construction,
underlie
recent
reorganization
communities,
setting
stage
for
continued
declines
responses
plants
that
have
lost
mutualistic
partners.
These
impacts
also
support
ongoing
future
introductions
invader
complexes:
introduced
frugivores
further
exacerbate
native
biodiversity
by
interacting
more
strongly
one
another
than
or
This
work
illustrates
data
conceptualizing
which
dynamic
important
entities.
Language: Английский