Citation
Foreword (2013).. Walsh, Stephen J. & Mena, Carlos F. (Eds.) (pp. v-vii). New York: Springer.
Abstract
Motivated to understand the social, terrestrial, and marine subsystems of the Galapagos Island and their social–ecological interactions, we have created a book series titled Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands that will be published by Springer Science and Business Media, beginning with this initial book. We anticipate the publication of at least one volume each year on an array of topics that collectively examine science, conservation, population, health, and environment in the Galapagos Islands. This initial book to launch the series is titled Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands: Frameworks and Perspectives. It is designed to provide a broad description of the many challenges and opportunities for examining the Galapagos Islands through multiple lenses that offer a freshness of view and perspective, where the human dimension is clearly linked to the environment through the perspective that we call “Island Biocomplexity.” Island Biocomplexity combines social–ecological coevolution and adaptive resilience with a new island ecology that incorporates human impacts in coupled natural-human systems. Island Biocomplexity also encompasses the interactions within and among ecological systems, the physical systems on which they depend, and the human systems with which they interact (Michener et al. 2003; Walsh et al. 2011).
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5794-7Reference Type
Book Section
Year Published
2013
Series Title
Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands
ORCiD
Walsh, S - 0000-0001-6274-9381
