Section 04
Returns
One species removed, or added. Each entry names the species or the process and says what is actually observed, separating what is measured from what is inferred.
Remove one animal
Taking out a single species can change vegetation, water and soil — and putting it back rarely reverses things neatly.
Medium entry
Grazing pressure
How much is eaten, by what, and how often.
Short entry
The beaver effect
An animal that rebuilds the hydrology it lives in.
Short entry
Invasive arrivals
A species with no local checks, and how the term is defined and disputed.
Short entry
Nothing goes back exactly
Restoration produces a new state, not the previous one.
Short entry
5 entries in Returns. Every entry in the publication is listed on the register.