Unsatisfied with merely halting environmental destruction, some conservationists are trying to reconstruct ecosystems of the past. Emma Marris travels back in time with the rewilders.
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Marris, E. Conservation biology: Reflecting the past. Nature 462, 30–32 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/462030a
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