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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Novel ecosystems: Theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 15, No. 1, Year 2006
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Description
We explore the issues relevant to those types of ecosystems containing new combinations of species that arise through human action, environmental change, and the impacts of the deliberate and inadvertent introduction of species from other regions. Novel ecosystems (also termed 'emerging ecosystems') result when species occur in combinations and relative abundances that have not occurred previously within a given biome. Key characteristics are novelty, in the form of new species combinations and the potential for changes in ecosystem functioning, and human agency, in that these ecosystems are the result of deliberate or inadvertent human action. As more of the Earth becomes transformed by human actions, novel ecosystems increase in importance, but are relatively little studied. Either the degradation or invasion of native or 'wild' ecosystems or the abandonment of intensively managed systems can result in the formation of these novel systems. Important considerations are whether these new systems are persistent and what values they may have. It is likely that it may be very difficult or costly to return such systems to their previous state, and hence consideration needs to be given to developing appropriate management goals and approaches. © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hobbs, Richard J.
Australia, Perth
Murdoch University
Aricò, Salvatore
France, Paris
Unesco United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Aronson, James C.
France, Montpellier
Centre D’ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Baron, Jill Sa
United States, Fort Collins
Colorado State University
Bridgewater, Peter B.
Switzerland, Gland
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Cramer, Viki A.
Australia, Perth
Murdoch University
Epstein, Paul R.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Ewel, John J.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Usda Forest Service
Klink, Carlos Augusto
Brazil, Brasilia
Universidade de Brasília
Lugo, Ariel E.
Puerto Rico, San Juan
Usda Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Norton, David A.
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Ojima, Dennis S.
United States, Fort Collins
Colorado State University
Richardson, David M.
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Sanderson, Eric W.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Valladares, Fernando
Spain, Madrid
Csic - Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales Ccma
Vilà, Montserrat
Spain, Cerdanyola Del Valles
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Zamora, R. J.
Spain, Granada
Universidad de Granada
Zobel, Martin
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikool
Statistics
Citations: 1,819
Authors: 18
Affiliations: 16
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00212.x
ISSN:
1466822X
e-ISSN:
14668238