Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2015-10-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1502556112PMID 26504218PMCID PMC4743824
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