We start this new year with 100 questions posed by Ockendon et al 2018. 'One hundred priority questions for landscape restoration in Europe' #rewildingscience #rewilding 1/

1/ Today in #rewildingscience we look at Gippoliti et al (2018) and their assessment of EU countries as a model for large carnivore conservation #rewilding

1/ Today we cover the important ecological functions of granivores through Mills et al 2017. The study highlights the ecological function associated with re-establishing small mammal communities in rewilding efforts within arid ecosystems in Australia #rewilding #rewildingscience

1/ Are you interested in how to carry out a reintroduction based #rewilding project? Then this paper (& thread) is for you. Zamboni et al introduce the reintroductions of giant anteater, collared peccaries, tapirs and more to The Iberá Rewilding Program IRP (Argentina)

Today we look at distrubance dynamics by Peringer et al The paper finds: 🐄Grazing in the absence of disturbance promotes simply structured mosaics. 🌳Large-scale forest disturbance is the only way to disrupt this pattern and maintain a heterogeneous distribution of grassland.

1/ Today’s paper compares global efforts to conserve Megafauna. Finding that: • Major inequalities exist • North/Central America & 70% of countries in Africa were major or above-average performers ⬆️ • Asia (25%) & Europe (21%) were major underperformers ⬇️

1/9 Today’s paper, by Zeller et al, describes a comparative framework for African and European grasslands, using the former as a reference for the latter, by investigating similarities and differences in cultural and ecological histories

Reversing defaunation by trophic rewilding - Some ideas from Galetti et al 2016 who suggest that the sequential reintroduction of species is vital to restore the fragmented Atlantic forest in Brazil #rewilding #trophicrewilding #rewildingscience 1/

Today we're looking at variations in herbivore populations using fossil dung fungal spores Finding: - Spore abundance & local biomass of herbivores that can be used to callibrate fossil records - Mammal biomass density predicts the abundance of all dung fungal spores together 1/7

Can river restoration reduce flood risk? Modelling suggests •Artificial log jams can ↓ peak flows but highly variable •Forested floodplains in the mid/upper catchment generally ↓ peak flow •Riparian forest rest. at the sub-catchment scale can ↓ peak flow up to 19%. Best

1. In “#restoration, #reintroduction, and #rewilding in a Changing World” Richard Corlett makes a bunch of great observations. It is difficult to capture all the important points made, but here are some quotes to ponder: Thread #ClimateChange #nature #biodiversity

Hybrid orang-utan in Borneo, bottlenecked bison in the Carpathians and hypothetical wolves in Scotland. Enjoy some weekend #rewildingscience by catching up with this weeks threads #rewilding xitter.cf/RewildingS/status/1318… xitter.cf/RewildingS/status/1319… xitter.cf/RewildingS/status/1319…

Why aren't European bison colonizing suitable habitat in the Carpathians? Ziółkowska et al revealed -While there are sufficent amounts of suitable habitat ⬆️ -Connectivity bottlenecks and barriers (roads/infrastructure) are preventing dispersal ⬇️ #rewilding #rewildingscience