Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain
Abstract Most European rewilding initiatives are based on the recovery of large herbivores, particularly European bison Bison bonasus, aiming at restoring ecosystem processes and increase trophic complexity. The growing support for the release of bison as a wild species, and change its legal status,...
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| author | Carlos Nores Diego Álvarez‐Laó Alberto Navarro Francisco Javier Pérez‐Barbería Pedro María Castaños Jone Castaños de la Fuente Arturo Morales Muñiz Concepción Azorit Joaquín Muñoz‐Cobo Carlos Fernández Delgado Carlos Granado Lorencio Paul Palmqvist Ramón Soriguer Miguel Delibes Montserrat Vilà Miguel Simón Baltasar Cabezudo Carmen Galán Emili García‐Berthou Ana Almodóvar Benigno Elvira Pedro Brufao Curiel Adriá Casinos Juan Herrero Juan Carlos Blanco Ricardo García‐González David Nogués‐Bravo Antoni Margalida Brendan Fisher Raphaël Arlettaz Iain J. Gordon Arne Ludwig Sandro Lovari Brian D. Cook Juan Carranza Sándor Csányi Marco Apollonio Rafał Kowalczyk Steve Demarais José Vicente López‐Bao |
| author_facet | Carlos Nores Diego Álvarez‐Laó Alberto Navarro Francisco Javier Pérez‐Barbería Pedro María Castaños Jone Castaños de la Fuente Arturo Morales Muñiz Concepción Azorit Joaquín Muñoz‐Cobo Carlos Fernández Delgado Carlos Granado Lorencio Paul Palmqvist Ramón Soriguer Miguel Delibes Montserrat Vilà Miguel Simón Baltasar Cabezudo Carmen Galán Emili García‐Berthou Ana Almodóvar Benigno Elvira Pedro Brufao Curiel Adriá Casinos Juan Herrero Juan Carlos Blanco Ricardo García‐González David Nogués‐Bravo Antoni Margalida Brendan Fisher Raphaël Arlettaz Iain J. Gordon Arne Ludwig Sandro Lovari Brian D. Cook Juan Carranza Sándor Csányi Marco Apollonio Rafał Kowalczyk Steve Demarais José Vicente López‐Bao |
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| description | Abstract Most European rewilding initiatives are based on the recovery of large herbivores, particularly European bison Bison bonasus, aiming at restoring ecosystem processes and increase trophic complexity. The growing support for the release of bison as a wild species, and change its legal status, in Spain, as an ecological analogue of the extinct steppe bison Bison priscus, makes it an excellent example to reflect the limits of a rewilding biogeographically advisable. We discuss if this initiative could be justified from ecological, biogeographical, ethical, and legal reasons. Besides remarkable taxonomic and functional differences between both bison species, the Mediterranean environment, under the present and future climatic scenarios, does not suit the European bison. Furthermore, there is no evidence to support the presumption that the European bison was ever present in the Iberian Peninsula, with legal implications. We expect that our approach will be inspirational for similar assessments on rewilding initiatives globally. |
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Cook33Juan Carranza34Sándor Csányi35Marco Apollonio36Rafał Kowalczyk37Steve Demarais38José Vicente López‐Bao39INDUROT Universidad de Oviedo, Campus de Mieres Mieres SpainDepartamento de Geología, Área de Paleontología Universidad de Oviedo Oviedo SpainBiodiversity Research Institute (CSIC – Oviedo University – Principality of Asturias) Oviedo University Mieres SpainBiodiversity Research Institute (CSIC – Oviedo University – Principality of Asturias) Oviedo University Mieres SpainGEO‐Q Sociedad de Ciencia Aranzadi Leioa Vizcaya SpainGEO‐Q Sociedad de Ciencia Aranzadi Leioa Vizcaya SpainLaboratorio de Arqueozoología Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid SpainDepartamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología Universidad de Jaén Jaén SpainDepartamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología Universidad de Jaén Jaén SpainDepartamento de Zoología Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba Córdoba SpainDartamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología Universidad de Sevilla Sevilla SpainDepartamento de Ecología & Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Málaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos Málaga SpainDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global Estación Biológica de Doñana‐CSIC Sevilla SpainDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global Estación Biológica de Doñana‐CSIC Sevilla SpainDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global Estación Biológica de Doñana‐CSIC Sevilla SpainAvda N323, Urbanización La Huerta19 Jaén SpainDepartamento de Botánica y Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Málaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos Málaga SpainDepartamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Campus de Rabanales Universidad de Córdoba Córdoba SpainGRECO, Instituto de Ecología Acuática Universitat de Girona Girona SpainDepartamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid SpainDepartamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid SpainDepartamento de Derecho Público, Derecho Administrativo, Facultad de Derecho Universidad de Extremadura Cáceres SpainDepartament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona SpainÁrea de Ecología, Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Escuela Politécnica Superior Universidad de Zaragoza Huesca SpainCBC, Consultores en Biología de la Conservación SL Madrid SpainDepartamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración Ambiental Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE‐CSIC) Jaca SpainCenter for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen DenmarkGrupo de Innvestigación en Ecología y Gestión de la Fauna Silvestre IREC (CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM) Ciudad Real SpainRubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources University of Vermont Burlington Vermont USAInstitute of Ecology and Evolution University of Bern Bern SwitzerlandANU, Fenner School of Environme & Society Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory AustraliaDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics Leibniz‐Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin GermanyResearch Unit of Behavioural Ecology, Ethology and Wildlife Management, Department of Life Sciences University of Siena Siena ItalyInstitute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory AustraliaWildlife Research Unit (UIRCP) University of Cordoba Cordoba SpainDepartment of Wildlife Biology and Management Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences Gödöllő HungaryDepartment of Veterinary Medicine University of Sassari Sassari ItalyDepartment of Population Ecology, Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences Białowieża PolandTaylor Chair in Applied Big Game Research and Instruction, Forest and Wildlife Research Center Mississippi State University Mississippi State Mississippi USABiodiversity Research Institute (CSIC – Oviedo University – Principality of Asturias) Oviedo University Mieres SpainAbstract Most European rewilding initiatives are based on the recovery of large herbivores, particularly European bison Bison bonasus, aiming at restoring ecosystem processes and increase trophic complexity. The growing support for the release of bison as a wild species, and change its legal status, in Spain, as an ecological analogue of the extinct steppe bison Bison priscus, makes it an excellent example to reflect the limits of a rewilding biogeographically advisable. We discuss if this initiative could be justified from ecological, biogeographical, ethical, and legal reasons. Besides remarkable taxonomic and functional differences between both bison species, the Mediterranean environment, under the present and future climatic scenarios, does not suit the European bison. Furthermore, there is no evidence to support the presumption that the European bison was ever present in the Iberian Peninsula, with legal implications. We expect that our approach will be inspirational for similar assessments on rewilding initiatives globally.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13221Bisonecological restorationMediterraneanRewildingspecies introduction |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Nores Diego Álvarez‐Laó Alberto Navarro Francisco Javier Pérez‐Barbería Pedro María Castaños Jone Castaños de la Fuente Arturo Morales Muñiz Concepción Azorit Joaquín Muñoz‐Cobo Carlos Fernández Delgado Carlos Granado Lorencio Paul Palmqvist Ramón Soriguer Miguel Delibes Montserrat Vilà Miguel Simón Baltasar Cabezudo Carmen Galán Emili García‐Berthou Ana Almodóvar Benigno Elvira Pedro Brufao Curiel Adriá Casinos Juan Herrero Juan Carlos Blanco Ricardo García‐González David Nogués‐Bravo Antoni Margalida Brendan Fisher Raphaël Arlettaz Iain J. Gordon Arne Ludwig Sandro Lovari Brian D. Cook Juan Carranza Sándor Csányi Marco Apollonio Rafał Kowalczyk Steve Demarais José Vicente López‐Bao Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain Conservation Science and Practice Bison ecological restoration Mediterranean Rewilding species introduction |
| title | Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain |
| title_full | Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain |
| title_fullStr | Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain |
| title_short | Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain |
| title_sort | rewilding through inappropriate species introduction the case of european bison in spain |
| topic | Bison ecological restoration Mediterranean Rewilding species introduction |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13221 |
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