Towards an Integrative, Eco-Evolutionary Understanding of Ecological Novelty: Studying and Communicating Interlinked Effects of Global Change

Author:

Heger Tina123,Bernard-Verdier Maud3,Gessler Arthur34,Greenwood Alex D53,Grossart Hans-Peter63,Hilker Monika3,Keinath Silvia73,Kowarik Ingo83,Kueffer Christoph91011,Marquard Elisabeth123,Müller Johannes73,Niemeier Stephanie73,Onandia Gabriela34,Petermann Jana S133,Rillig Matthias C3,Rödel Mark-Oliver73,Saul Wolf-Christian14310,Schittko Conrad13,Tockner Klement153,Joshi Jasmin113,Jeschke Jonathan M31614

Affiliation:

1. University of Potsdam, Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, Potsdam, Germany

2. Technical University of Munich, Restoration Ecology, Freising, Germany

3. Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany

4. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Forest Dynamics, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, also with the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany

5. Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany and the Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Berlin, Germany

6. University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam, Germany

7. Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany

8. Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Ecology, Ecosystem Science/Plant Ecology, Berlin, Germany

9. ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology, Zurich, Switzerland

10. Stellenbosch University, Centre for Invasion Biology (CIB), Department of Botany and Zoology & Department of Mathematical Sciences, Matieland, South Africa

11. Institute for Landscape and Open Space, HSR Hochschule für Technik, Rapperswil, Switzerland

12. UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Department of Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany

13. University of Salzburg, Department of Biosciences, Salzburg, Austria

14. Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany

15. Austrian Science Funds – FWF, Vienna, Austria

16. Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Abstract Global change has complex eco-evolutionary consequences for organisms and ecosystems, but related concepts (e.g., novel ecosystems) do not cover their full range. Here we propose an umbrella concept of “ecological novelty” comprising (1) a site-specific and (2) an organism-centered, eco-evolutionary perspective. Under this umbrella, complementary options for studying and communicating effects of global change on organisms, ecosystems, and landscapes can be included in a toolbox. This allows researchers to address ecological novelty from different perspectives, e.g., by defining it based on (a) categorical or continuous measures, (b) reference conditions related to sites or organisms, and (c) types of human activities. We suggest striving for a descriptive, non-normative usage of the term “ecological novelty” in science. Normative evaluations and decisions about conservation policies or management are important, but require additional societal processes and engagement with multiple stakeholders.

Funder

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Bridging in Biodiversity Science—BIBS

Deutsche Forschungsge meinschaft

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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