Remarkable properties of human ecosystems.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Eric C. Jones, Research Scientist (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This paper explores some of the remarkable properties that set human ecosystems apart from nonhuman ecosystems. The identification of these properties provides a framework for bridging the theoretical and methodological divide between biological ecology and human ecology. The unique information-processing capability of humans in ecosystems is central to this framework. We discuss several manifestations of human cognitive and behavioral abilities, termed "remarkable properties" of human ecosystems. A cross-cultural and historical approach is taken in demonstrating some of these properties. Related to these properties are the ways in which complex functional and dysfunctional or maladaptive processes take place in human ecosystems. We assert that one of the greatest challenges for human ecology is to integrate belief systems as a major component of human ecosystems.
Remarkable properties of human ecosystems.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Conservation Ecology 7(3): 11
- Language: English
- Date: 2003
- Keywords
- Human ecosystems, Nonhuman ecosystems, Biological ecology, Human ecology