Journal article
Socio-eco-evolutionary dynamics in cities
Evolutionary applications, v 14(1), pp 248-267
Jan 2021
PMID: 33519968
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Abstract
Cities are uniquely complex systems regulated by interactions and feedbacks between nature and human society. Characteristics of human society-including culture, economics, technology and politics-underlie social patterns and activity, creating a heterogeneous environment that can influence and be influenced by both ecological and evolutionary processes. Increasing research on urban ecology and evolutionary biology has coincided with growing interest in eco-evolutionary dynamics, which encompasses the interactions and reciprocal feedbacks between evolution and ecology. Research on both urban evolutionary biology and eco-evolutionary dynamics frequently focuses on contemporary evolution of species that have potentially substantial ecological-and even social-significance. Still, little work fully integrates urban evolutionary biology and eco-evolutionary dynamics, and rarely do researchers in either of these fields fully consider the role of human social patterns and processes. Because cities are fundamentally regulated by human activities, are inherently interconnected and are frequently undergoing social and economic transformation, they represent an opportunity for ecologists and evolutionary biologists to study urban "socio-eco-evolutionary dynamics." Through this new framework, we encourage researchers of urban ecology and evolution to fully integrate human social drivers and feedbacks to increase understanding and conservation of ecosystems, their functions and their contributions to people within and outside cities.
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- Title
- Socio-eco-evolutionary dynamics in cities
- Creators
- Simone Des Roches - University of WashingtonKristien Brans - KU LeuvenMax R. Lambert - University of California, BerkeleyL. Ruth Rivkin - University of TorontoAmy Marie Savage - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyChristopher J. Schell - University of Washington TacomaCristian Correa - Austral University of ChileLuc De Meester - Freie Universität BerlinSarah E. Diamond - Case Western Reserve UniversityNancy B. Grimm - Arizona State UniversityNyeema C. Harris - University of MichiganLynn Govaert - University of ZurichAndrew P. Hendry - McGill UniversityMarc T. J. Johnson - University of TorontoJason Munshi-South - Fordham UniversityEric P. Palkovacs - University of California, Santa CruzMarta Szulkin - University of WarsawMark C. Urban - University of ConnecticutBrian C. Verrelli - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityMarina Alberti - University of Washington
- Publication Details
- Evolutionary applications, v 14(1), pp 248-267
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 20
- Grant note
- RCN 1840663 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000560495000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85089705868
- Other Identifier
- 991021904445404721
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- Evolutionary Biology