Biological invasions, ecological resilience and adaptive governance

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

卷:183

Article

Chaffin, Brian C.¹  Garmestani, Ahjond S.²  Angeler, David G.³  Herrmann, Dustin L.^4,5  Stow, Craig A.⁶  Nystrom, Magnus⁷  Sendzimir, Jan⁸  Hopton, Matthew E.²  Kolasa, Jurek⁹  Allen, Craig R.¹⁰ 

[1] Univ Montana, Coll Forestry & Conservat, Dept Soc & Conservat, 32 Campus Dr, Missoula, MT 59812 USA

[2] US EPA, Natl Risk Management Res Lab, 26 W Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA

[3] Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Aquat Sci & Assessment, Box 7050, S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden

[4] US EPA, Oak Ridge Inst Sci, 26 W Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA

[5] US EPA, Educ Res Participant Program, 26 W Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA

[6] NOAA, Great Lakes Environm Res Lab, 4840 S State Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 USA

[7] Stockholm Univ, Stockholm Resilience Ctr, Kraftriket 2B, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

[8] Univ Nat Resources & Appl Life Sci BOKU, Inst Hydrobiol & Aquat Ecosyst Management, Max Emanuel Str 17, A-1180 Vienna, Austria

[9] McMaster Univ, Dept Biol, 1280 Main St West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada

[10] Univ Nebraska, US Geol Survey, Nebraska Cooperat Fish & Wildlife Unit, 423 Hardin Hall,3310 Holdrege St, Lincoln, NE 68583 USA

关键词: Biological invasions;    Invasive species;    Ecological resilience;    Adaptive governance;    Adaptive management;    Ecosystem services;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.04.040

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

In a world of increasing interconnections in global trade as well as rapid change in climate and land cover, the accelerating introduction and spread of invasive species is a critical concern due to associated negative social and ecological impacts, both real and perceived. Much of the societal response to invasive species to date has been associated with negative economic consequences of invasions. This response has shaped a war-like approach to addressing invasions, one with an agenda of eradications and intense ecological restoration efforts towards prior or more desirable ecological regimes. This trajectory often ignores the concept of ecological resilience and associated approaches of resilience-based governance. We argue that the relationship between ecological resilience and invasive species has been understudied to the detriment of attempts to govern invasions, and that most management actions fail, primarily because they do not incorporate adaptive, learning-based approaches. Invasive species can decrease resilience by reducing the biodiversity that underpins ecological functions and processes, making ecosystems more prone to regime shifts. However, invasions do not always result in a shift to an alternative regime; invasions can also increase resilience by introducing novelty, replacing lost ecological functions or adding redundancy that strengthens already existing structures and processes in an ecosystem. This paper examines the potential impacts of species invasions on the resilience of ecosystems and suggests that resilience-based approaches can inform policy by linking the governance of biological invasions to the negotiation of tradeoffs between ecosystem services. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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