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Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects.

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cam.issuedOnline2017-02-24
dc.contributor.authorArmstrong, Chelsey Geralda
dc.contributor.authorShoemaker, Anna C
dc.contributor.authorMcKechnie, Iain
dc.contributor.authorEkblom, Anneli
dc.contributor.authorSzabó, Péter
dc.contributor.authorLane, Paul J
dc.contributor.authorMcAlvay, Alex C
dc.contributor.authorBoles, Oliver J
dc.contributor.authorWalshaw, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorPetek, Nik
dc.contributor.authorGibbons, Kevin S
dc.contributor.authorQuintana Morales, Erendira
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Eugene N
dc.contributor.authorIbragimow, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorPodruczny, Grzegorz
dc.contributor.authorVamosi, Jana C
dc.contributor.authorMarks-Block, Tony
dc.contributor.authorLeCompte, Joyce K
dc.contributor.authorAwâsis, Sākihitowin
dc.contributor.authorNabess, Carly
dc.contributor.authorSinclair, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCrumley, Carole L
dc.contributor.orcidLane, Paul [0000-0002-9936-1310]
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-10T05:20:06Z
dc.date.available2018-10-10T05:20:06Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents the results of a consensus-driven process identifying 50 priority research questions for historical ecology obtained through crowdsourcing, literature reviews, and in-person workshopping. A deliberative approach was designed to maximize discussion and debate with defined outcomes. Two in-person workshops (in Sweden and Canada) over the course of two years and online discussions were peer facilitated to define specific key questions for historical ecology from anthropological and archaeological perspectives. The aim of this research is to showcase the variety of questions that reflect the broad scope for historical-ecological research trajectories across scientific disciplines. Historical ecology encompasses research concerned with decadal, centennial, and millennial human-environmental interactions, and the consequences that those relationships have in the formation of contemporary landscapes. Six interrelated themes arose from our consensus-building workshop model: (1) climate and environmental change and variability; (2) multi-scalar, multi-disciplinary; (3) biodiversity and community ecology; (4) resource and environmental management and governance; (5) methods and applications; and (6) communication and policy. The 50 questions represented by these themes highlight meaningful trends in historical ecology that distill the field down to three explicit findings. First, historical ecology is fundamentally an applied research program. Second, this program seeks to understand long-term human-environment interactions with a focus on avoiding, mitigating, and reversing adverse ecological effects. Third, historical ecology is part of convergent trends toward transdisciplinary research science, which erodes scientific boundaries between the cultural and natural.
dc.format.mediumElectronic-eCollection
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.30838
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283472
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171883
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAnthropology, Cultural
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEcosystem
dc.subjectHistory, 20th Century
dc.subjectHistory, 21st Century
dc.subjectHistory, Ancient
dc.subjectHistory, Medieval
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectNatural History
dc.subjectResearch Design
dc.subjectSweden
dc.titleAnthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-01-28
prism.issueIdentifier2
prism.publicationDate2017
prism.publicationNamePLoS One
prism.startingPagee0171883
prism.volume12
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2017-01
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1371/journal.pone.0171883

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