Oswald J. Schmitz

This paper models the carbon capture potential of rewilding pumas and guanacos in Patagonian grasslands, finding that rewilding could increase carbon capture and storage by up to 2.5 times compared to a no-rewilding baseline.

The paper develops a theoretical framework showing that animals significantly influence ecosystem carbon cycling by altering carbon storage and capture through direct and indirect pathways, increasing carbon sequestration by 2-3 fold.