The progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Vaz, AS (Author) Other; Kueffer, C (Author) Other; Kull, CA (Author) Other; Richardson, DM (Author) Other; Schindler, S (Author) Other; Jesus Munoz Pajares, AJ (Author) Other; Vicente, JR (Author) Other; Martins, J (Author) Other; Hui, C (Author) Other; Kuehn, I (Author) Other; Joao Honrado (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Ambio

Vol. 46

Pages: 428-442

ISSN: 0044-7447

Publisher: Springer Nature

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 104 Citations

Scopus - 116 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00M-DVC

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-017-0897-7

Abstract (EN): Interdisciplinarity is needed to gain knowledge of the ecology of invasive species and invaded ecosystems, and of the human dimensions of biological invasions. We combine a quantitative literature review with a qualitative historical narrative to document the progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science since 1950. Our review shows that 92.4% of interdisciplinary publications (out of 9192) focus on ecological questions, 4.4% on social ones, and 3.2% on social-ecological ones. The emergence of invasion science out of ecology might explain why interdisciplinarity has remained mostly within the natural sciences. Nevertheless, invasion science is attracting social-ecological collaborations to understand ecological challenges, and to develop novel approaches to address new ideas, concepts, and invasion-related questions between scholars and stakeholders. We discuss ways to reframe invasion science as a field centred on interlinked social-ecological dynamics to bring science, governance and society together in a common effort to deal with invasions.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 15