An ecoregion-based approach to restoring the world's intact large mammal assemblages
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An ecoregion-based approach to restoring the world's intact large mammal assemblages. / Vynne, Carly; Gosling, Joe; Maney, Calum; Dinerstein, Eric; Lee, Andy T. L.; Burgess, Neil D.; Fernández, Néstor; Fernando, Sanjiv; Jhala, Harshini; Jhala, Yadvendradev; Noss, Reed F.; Proctor, Michael F.; Schipper, Jan; González-Maya, José F.; Joshi, Anup R.; Olson, David; Ripple, William J.; Svenning, Jens-Christian.
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T1 - An ecoregion-based approach to restoring the world's intact large mammal assemblages
AU - Vynne, Carly
AU - Gosling, Joe
AU - Maney, Calum
AU - Dinerstein, Eric
AU - Lee, Andy T. L.
AU - Burgess, Neil D.
AU - Fernández, Néstor
AU - Fernando, Sanjiv
AU - Jhala, Harshini
AU - Jhala, Yadvendradev
AU - Noss, Reed F.
AU - Proctor, Michael F.
AU - Schipper, Jan
AU - González-Maya, José F.
AU - Joshi, Anup R.
AU - Olson, David
AU - Ripple, William J.
AU - Svenning, Jens-Christian
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Ecography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic Society Oikos
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Assemblages of large mammal species play a disproportionate role in the structure and composition of natural habitats. Loss of these assemblages destabilizes natural systems, while their recovery can restore ecological integrity. Here we take an ecoregion-based approach to identify landscapes that retain their historically present large mammal assemblages, and map ecoregions where reintroduction of 1–3 species could restore intact assemblages. Intact mammal assemblages occur across more than one-third of the 730 terrestrial ecoregions where large mammals were historically present, and 22% of these ecoregions retain complete assemblages across > 20% of the ecoregion area. Twenty species, if reintroduced or allowed to recolonize through improved connectivity, can trigger restoration of complete assemblages over 54% of the terrestrial realm (11 116 000 km2). Each of these species have at least two large, intact habitat areas (> 10 000 km2) in a given ecoregion. Timely integration of recovery efforts for large mammals strengthens area-based targets being considered under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
AB - Assemblages of large mammal species play a disproportionate role in the structure and composition of natural habitats. Loss of these assemblages destabilizes natural systems, while their recovery can restore ecological integrity. Here we take an ecoregion-based approach to identify landscapes that retain their historically present large mammal assemblages, and map ecoregions where reintroduction of 1–3 species could restore intact assemblages. Intact mammal assemblages occur across more than one-third of the 730 terrestrial ecoregions where large mammals were historically present, and 22% of these ecoregions retain complete assemblages across > 20% of the ecoregion area. Twenty species, if reintroduced or allowed to recolonize through improved connectivity, can trigger restoration of complete assemblages over 54% of the terrestrial realm (11 116 000 km2). Each of these species have at least two large, intact habitat areas (> 10 000 km2) in a given ecoregion. Timely integration of recovery efforts for large mammals strengthens area-based targets being considered under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
U2 - 10.1111/ecog.06098
DO - 10.1111/ecog.06098
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85123641141
VL - 2022
JO - Ecography
JF - Ecography
SN - 0906-7590
IS - 4
M1 - e06098
ER -
ID: 297234453