The progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science

• Tipo: Outra Publicação em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2017

Autores

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

Revista

Título: Ambio

Vol. 46

Páginas: 428-442

ISSN: 0044-7447

Editora: Springer Nature

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 104 Citações

Scopus - 116 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: 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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 15