Instant Insights

Chapter 1 - Rewilding grasslands and rangelands: Thomas A. Jones, Forage and Range Research Laboratory - U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, USA

1 Introduction

2 Past and current threats to grasslands and rangelands

3 Application of ecological models to restoration management

4 Approaches to grassland and rangeland rewilding: passive restoration

5 Approaches to grassland and rangeland rewilding: active restoration

6 Approaches to grassland and rangeland rewilding: prescribed burning

7 Species establishment and persistence

8 The native seed industry

9 Weed management in restoration projects

10 Dealing with the legacy of degraded soils

11 Atmospheric nitrogen deposition

12 Soil-carbon sequestration

13 Case study: Utahs Watershed Restoration Initiative and the restoration of sagebrush-steppe rangelands

14 Conclusion

15 Future research needs

16 Where to look for further information

17 Acknowledgments

18 References

Chapter taken from: Reid, N. and Smith, R. (eds.), Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Conservation, restoration and rewilding, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN 978 1 80146 454 3)

Chapter 2 - The future of animal rewilding in agricultural landscapes: Kiarrah J. Smith, Iain. J. Gordon, Belinda A. Wilson and Adrian D. Manning, The Australian National University, Australia

1 Introduction

2 Benefits of wild animals in agricultural landscapes

3 Disservices of wild animals to agricultural landscapes

4 Future trends: capturing wild provisioning services

5 Future trends: coordinating broad spatial heterogeneity in land use

6 Future trends: employing coexistence conservation tactics

7 Conceptual case study: kangaroos and dingoes

8 Conclusion

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Chapter taken from: Reid, N. and Smith, R. (eds.), Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Conservation, restoration and rewilding, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN 978 1 80146 454 3)

Chapter 3 - Animal rewilding in theory and practice: Australia and New Zealand: Christopher R. Dickman, Aaron C. Greenville and Glenda M. Wardle, The University of Sydney, Australia

1 Introduction

2 The benefits of rewilding

3 The challenges of rewilding

4 Case studies

5 Conclusion

6 Future trends in research

7 Where to look for further information

8 Acknowledgements

9 References

Chapter taken from: Reid, N. and Smith, R. (eds.), Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Conservation, restoration and rewilding, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN 978 1 80146 454 3)