UT Researcher Urges Caution on 'Rewilding' to Restore Wild Spaces
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 15:02
in Biology & Nature
Efforts to restore land back to its natural state by reintroducing wild animals has become increasingly popular in recent years. A study co-authored by Dan Simberloff, a researcher at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, said scientific evidence supporting the potential benefits of this form of restoration is limited at best.