• (n.) A second or renewed colonization.
The natural restoration of a population to an area within its original range.
The natural restoration of a population to an area within its original range.
The reestablishment of an organism in a habitat that it previously occupied.
Re·col`o·ni·za'tion noun A second or renewed colonization. 
The natural restoration of a population to an area within its original range.
The establishment of a population of a particular species in an area where that species formerly occurred, generally through natural dispersal.