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SUBMITTER: Thevenin C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5879658 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thévenin Charles C Mouchet Maud M Robert Alexandre A Kerbiriou Christian C Sarrazin François F
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180312 13
Reintroductions offer a powerful tool for reversing the effects of species extirpation and have been increasingly used over recent decades. However, this species-centered conservation approach has been criticized for its strong biases toward charismatic birds and mammals. Here, we investigated whether reintroduced species can be representative of the phylogenetic diversity within these two groups at a continental scale (i.e., Europe, North and Central America). Using null models, we found that r ...[more]