Origins of the novel ecosystems concept

Mascaro, Joseph;Harris, James A.;Lach, Lori;Thompson, Allen;Perring, Michael P.;Richardson, David M.;Ellis, Erle C.

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This chapter begins by reviewing the foundational principles that point to the existence and importance of novel ecosystems. It provides a brief review of previous formulations of the novel ecosystem concept. The chapter then steps into synthesis and presents a new framework for the novel ecosystems concept. Using the original Hobbs components of novelty and human agency as a starting point, it develops this synthesis by first considering (1) where and how human agency leads to novelty; (2) what level of novelty constitutes a novel ecosystem; and (3) how human agency acts after a novel ecosystem has emerged. Conceptual examples of the emergence of novel ecosystems in Puerto Rico and California are illustrated.

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Novel Ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order

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978-1-118-35422-3

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Wiley-Blackwell

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West Sussex, UK

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10.1002/9781118354186.ch5