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Chapter Seventeen - Rewilding and the risk of creating new, unwanted ecological interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2019

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Miguel Delibes-Mateos ,
Isabel C. Barrio ,
A. Márcia Barbosa ,
Íñigo Martínez-Solano ,
John E. Fa  and
Catarina C. Ferreira
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Nathalie Pettorelli ,
Sarah M. Durant  and
Johan T. du Toit
Nathalie Pettorelli
Affiliation:
Institute of Zoology, London
Sarah M. Durant
Affiliation:
Institute of Zoology, London
Johan T. du Toit
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Utah State University
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