A mechanistic framework for social-ecological mismatches

Cumming, Graeme S. (2023) A mechanistic framework for social-ecological mismatches. National Science Review, 10 (7). nwac130.

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Abstract

[Extract] People rely heavily on experience when interpreting and responding to events in the world around them [1]. As we age, we learn to fit into surrounding landscapes, social groups and rhythms. Like other organisms, our developing brains and bodies are well equipped by our evolutionary history to cope with direct causality and familiar natural phenomena that occur at time frames similar to or shorter than our lifespans and generational times (e.g. vegetation growth, seasonal cycles, animal migrations). However, our focus on particular spatial and temporal scales makes us far worse at identifying and responding to environmental change that is long and slow, occurs over large areas or has complex, indirect causality.

Item ID: 79193
Item Type: Article (Commentary)
ISSN: 2053-714X
Copyright Information: © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Funders: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (ARC CoE Coral Reef Studies)
Date Deposited: 12 Jun 2024 01:54
FoR Codes: 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4102 Ecological applications > 410299 Ecological applications not elsewhere classified @ 50%
44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4410 Sociology > 441002 Environmental sociology @ 50%
SEO Codes: 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280123 Expanding knowledge in human society @ 100%
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