De-extinction beyond species: Restoring ecosystem functionality through large herbivore rewilding

• Published in: Cambridge Prisms: Extinction Vol. 3; p. e3
• Main Author: Jepson, Paul R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Cambridge University Press 2025
• Subjects: de-extinction; De-Extinction and Rewilding; Diversity Loss; ecosystem function; ecosystem services; ethics and policy; Human Factors; megafauna; Species Extinction; ecosystem function; ethics and policy; megafauna; ecosystem services; de-extinction

This perspective positions rewilding as a novel approach to ecosystem restoration, emphasising the restoration of natural processes to create self-willed ecosystems. Central to European rewilding is the de-domestication of cattle and horses to act as functional analogues of the extinct aurochs and w...