Stefano Focardi

Assessing the potential ecological functions, ecosystem services and disservices of megaherbivore rewilding in traditional rural wood-pastures

Traditional rural wood-pastures are threatened by the loss of wild herbivory and traditional agro-silvo-pastoral practices, promoting woody encroachment, habitat homogenization, and erosion of biodiversity and cultural values. Megaherbivore rewilding has been proposed as a strate...