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We’re offering some #rewildingscience for the weekend today in the shape of @Nature_Based 2013 paper which seeks to answer to the question are wild boar effective ecosystem engineers? #rewilding 1/ 
An #ecosystemengineer is defined by the paper as species which create, modify, maintain, or destroy habitats for other species and that have a strong effect on ecosystem functioning. These are useful species in habitat management, but their impacts need to be understood. 2/
The paper is focused on the Scottish highlands where, as it points out, there has been extensive habitat destruction and species expirations over the past millennium. With data collected within a 125ha fenced area of the Alladale Wilderness Reserve. 3/
