Re-wilding North America

A plan to restore animals that disappeared 13,000 years ago from Pleistocene North America offers an alternative conservation strategy for the twenty-first century, argue Josh Donlan and colleagues. Home on the range Cheetahs, lions, elephants, camels and wild horses could be roaming North America a...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2005-08, Vol.436 (7053), p.913-914
Main Author: Donlan, Josh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Animals, Wild - physiology
Biodiversity
Biological Evolution
commentary
Conservation of Natural Resources - methods
Conservation of Natural Resources - trends
Ecology - methods
Ecology - trends
Endangered & extinct species
Environmental restoration
Extinct species
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
North America
Pleistocene
Population decline
Population Dynamics
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Species Specificity
Time Factors
Vertebrates - physiology
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
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Summary:A plan to restore animals that disappeared 13,000 years ago from Pleistocene North America offers an alternative conservation strategy for the twenty-first century, argue Josh Donlan and colleagues. Home on the range Cheetahs, lions, elephants, camels and wild horses could be roaming North America again one day. That's the aim of a campaign to turn back the clock by ‘re-wilding’ the continent. Think Pleistocene Park.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/436913a