Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

ISSN: 2530-0644

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (PECON) is a scientific journal devoted to improving theoretical and conceptual aspects of conservation science. It has the main purpose of communicating new research and advances to different actors of society, including researchers, conservationists, practitioners, and policymakers. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation publishes original papers on biodiversity conservation and restoration, on the main drivers affecting native ecosystems, and on nature¿s benefits to people and human wellbeing. This scope includes studies on biodiversity patterns, the effects of habitat loss, fragmentation, biological invasion and climate change on biodiversity, conservation genetics, spatial conservation planning, ecosystem management, ecosystem services, sustainability and resilience of socio-ecological systems, conservation policy, among others.

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation is the official scientific journal of the Brazilian Association for Ecological Science and Conservation. It is an open access journal, supported by the Boticário Group Foundation for Nature Protection, and thus without any charge for authors. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation was previously published, between 2003 and 2016, as 'Natureza & Conservação'.

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Periodica, CABI International, Latindex, Hapi, ISI

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Populations of five species and a jaguar breeding program have been established.
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High quality communication and learning from animals responses are lessons learned.
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Importance of suitable habitat, long-term commitment and solid and flexible teams.
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Iberá Rewilding Program represents a model for proactive conservation in the Americas.

Open access

Rewilding ecological communities and rewiring ecological networks

Mathias Mistretta Pires

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2017;15:257-65

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Rewilding envisages restoring ecosystem functions by counteracting defaunation.
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Interactions affect the fate of introduced individuals and community responses.
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Network models help predicting how an introduced species integrates the food web.
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Networks can help predicting and monitoring community-level outcomes.
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Feasibility and risk analyses of rewilding can benefit from a network approach.

Open access

Rewilding South American Landscapes

Policy forums

Community-based population recovery of overexploited Amazonian wildlife

João Vitor Campos-Silva, Carlos A. Peres, André P. Antunes, João Valsecchi, Juarez Pezzuti

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2017;15:266-70

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Community-based conservation programs can be an effective tool to promote conservation.
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Enforced hunting guidelines comprise a critical step in establishing conservation strategies.
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Spatial zoning of harvest areas can become a window of opportunity to conserve iconic species.

Open access

Rewilding South American Landscapes

Research letters

Rewilding South America: Ten key questions

Meredith Root-Bernstein, Mauro Galetti, Richard J. Ladle

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2017;15:271-81

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Rewilding is more than species (re-)introductions.
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Rewilding also produces ecological restoration and social impacts.
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South American projects can develop contextually appropriate rewilding approaches.
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There are many opportunities to study and implement rewilding in South America.

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Prehistoric and historic baselines for trophic rewilding in the Neotropics

Jens-Christian Svenning, Søren Faurby

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2017;15:282-91

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We provide megafauna base-lines for trophic rewilding in the Neotropics.
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Historical (1500 CE) and Pleistocene-Holocene prehistoric baselines are estimated.
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Estimated potential distributions indicate strong scope for trophic rewilding.
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Up to >20 species missing in many regions and biomes under the prehistoric baseline.
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Many areas have strongly reduced diversities for a range of functional subgroups.

Open access

Restoring connectivity between fragmented woodlands in Chile with a reintroduced mobile link species

Meredith Root-Bernstein, Jens-Christian Svenning

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2017;15:292-9

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Guanaco rewilding has been proposed as a way to contribute to restoration of woodlands in central Chile.
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We examine the distribution of high and low quality espinal and sclerophyllous woodlands in central Chile, across ENSO conditions.
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We find that least-cost paths for guanaco movement connect both high and low quality woodlands, and all woodland types, in each year.

Open access

Rewilding defaunated Atlantic Forests with tortoises to restore lost seed dispersal functions

Thadeu Sobral-Souza, Laís Lautenschlager, Thais Queiroz Morcatty, Carolina Bello, Dennis Hansen, Mauro Galetti

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2017;15:300-7

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We proposed the rewilding of tortoise to seed large seed dispersion.
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We used local suitability and food availability to propose rewilding.
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The proposed rewilding areas were compared with high defaunation intensity.

Open access

Rewilding the Atlantic Forest: Restoring the fauna and ecological interactions of a protected area

Fernando A.S. Fernandez, Marcelo L. Rheingantz, Luísa Genes, Caio F. Kenup, Maron Galliez, Tomaz Cezimbra, Bruno Cid, Leandro Macedo, ... Alexandra S. Pires

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2017;15:308-14

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We described the first refaunation program in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
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Agoutis and howlers monkeys were reintroduced to restore seed dispersal.
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We show evidence that refaunation is restoring ecological interactions.
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Our experience shows that rewilding initiatives can be less costly than expected.

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