Prospects for rewilding with camelids

Mandibular Osteomyelitis in Camelids

Although dental disease is common in camelids, primary mandibular osteomyelitis is encountered less frequently than other dental problems. This is fortunate because the condition is characterized by extensive, generalized destruction and lysis of the mandible. Often the condition spans the entire length of the hemimandible, involving the diastema and occasionally the symphyseal region around th...

Methane Emission by Camelids

Methane emissions from ruminant livestock have been intensively studied in order to reduce contribution to the greenhouse effect. Ruminants were found to produce more enteric methane than other mammalian herbivores. As camelids share some features of their digestive anatomy and physiology with ruminants, it has been proposed that they produce similar amounts of methane per unit of body mass. Th...

Essays and Perspectives - Rewilding South American Landscapes Rewilding ecological communities and rewiring ecological networks

Rewilding encompasses management actions such as reintroductions and translocations with the purpose of restoring ecological processes and ecosystem functions that were lost when species were locally extirpated. The success of a species introduction is conditioned by multiple factors, in particular, ecological interactions. To predict the fate of the introduced population and the community-leve...

Reproduction in South American Camelids

Mapping opportunities and challenges for rewilding in Europe

Farmland abandonment takes place across the world due to socio-economic and ecological drivers. In Europe agricultural and environmental policies aim to prevent abandonment and halt ecological succession. Ecological rewilding has been recently proposed as an alternative strategy. We developed a framework to assess opportunities for rewilding across different dimensions of wilderness in Europe. ...