THE ECOLOGY OF DE-EXTINCTION A mammoth undertaking: harnessing insight from functional ecology to shape de-extinction priority setting

A mammoth undertaking: harnessing insight from functional ecology to shape de-extinction priority setting Douglas J. McCauley*, Molly Hardesty-Moore, Benjamin S. Halpern and Hillary S. Young Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA; Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA; National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, 735 State St. Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA; and Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Rd, Ascot SL57PY, UK