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Pleistocene rewilding is the advocacy of the reintroduction of extant Pleistocene megafauna, or the close ecological equivalents of extinct megafauna. [1] It is an extension of the conservation practice of rewilding, which aims to restore functioning, self-sustaining ecosystems through practices that may include species reintroductions.
Rewilding recognizes that ecosystems are dynamic and constantly changing. Rewilding should anticipate the effects of climate change and where possible act as a tool to mitigate impacts. Rewilding requires local engagement and support. Rewilding is informed by science, traditional ecological knowledge, and other local knowledge.
Land restoration, which may include renaturalisation or rewilding, is the process of restoring land to a different or previous state with an intended purpose. That purpose can be a variety of things such as what follows: being safe for humans, plants, and animals; stabilizing ecological communities; cleaning up pollution; creating novel ecosystems; [1] or restoring the land to a historical ...
It sounds like the plot of a Disney movie: a mountain lion named P-22, trapped from finding a mate by the Los Angeles freeway, becomes famous and inspires the construction of the world’s largest ...
Puma (/ ˈ p j uː m ə / or / ˈ p uː m ə /) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, [2] among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).
The species problem occurring in some cases due to natural hybridization, [41] cryptic species, [42] and natural evolution of species can be represented for species conservation by different approaches, such as multicriteria species approaches, [42] subspecies, evolutionarily significant units, distinct population segments or species-population ...
Mountain lions tend to keep to themselves. But they’ve been spotted prowling through neighbors’ yards.
Assisted migration is a specific type of species introduction. Species introduction is any act of establishing a species in a habitat it does not currently occupy. It often refers to a long-distance relocation, such as the accidental introduction of an invasive species from one continent to another, or the intentional relocation of a species in decline to a habitat where it can persist.