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| Title |
A critique of the ‘novel ecosystem’ concept
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.tree.2014.07.006 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Carolina Murcia, James Aronson, Gustavo H. Kattan, David Moreno-Mateos, Kingsley Dixon, Daniel Simberloff |
| Abstract |
The 'novel ecosystem' concept has captured the attention of scientists, managers, and science journalists, and more recently of policymakers, before it has been subjected to the scrutiny and empirical validation inherent to science. Lack of rigorous scrutiny can lead to undesirable outcomes in ecosystem management, environmental law, and policy. Contrary to the contentions of its proponents, no explicit, irreversible ecological thresholds allow distinctions between 'novel ecosystems' and 'hybrid' or 'historic' ones. Further, there is no clear message as to what practitioners should do with a 'novel ecosystem'. In addition, ecosystems of many types are being conserved, or restored to trajectories within historical ranges of variation, despite severe degradation that could have led to their being pronounced 'novel'. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 27 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 19% |
| Canada | 2 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Denmark | 1 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 4% |
| Argentina | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 12 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 74% |
| Scientists | 6 | 22% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,098 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 2% |
| Brazil | 6 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | <1% |
| Spain | 4 | <1% |
| Sweden | 4 | <1% |
| South Africa | 4 | <1% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Australia | 3 | <1% |
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 18 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1027 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 209 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 199 | 18% |
| Researcher | 198 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 115 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 59 | 5% |
| Other | 171 | 16% |
| Unknown | 147 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 392 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 363 | 33% |
| Social Sciences | 41 | 4% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 39 | 4% |
| Engineering | 12 | 1% |
| Other | 60 | 5% |
| Unknown | 191 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 October 2021.
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#640
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