ECOLOGY: A Personal History

Bormann, Franz–Josef

doi:10.1146/annurev.energy.21.1.1

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“…Insofar as ecosystem health is the fundamental precondition for human health (Rapport et al 1999a) and insofar as ecosystem pathology is rapidly becoming pandemic, medical epidemiologic models will have an increasingly important role to play in the process of ecosystem health assessment. In an inclusive framework in which humans are “part of ” and not “apart from” the natural system ( Bormann 1996), epidemiology becomes highly relevant to ecosystem health assessment and ecosystem health assessment becomes highly relevant to epidemiology.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology and Ecosystem Health: Natural Bridges

Rapport

1999

Ecosystem Health

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Epidemiologic concepts have important applications in the assessment of ecosystem health and ecosystem health is a critical determinant of some epidemiologic events. Thus the two are intimately interrelated and concepts from one find ready applications in the other. The temporal and spatial spread of ecological degradation across the earth's ecosystems has some of the characteristics of an epidemiologic process, with humans as the “infective” agent. Elevated disease prevalence in both plants and animals is one of the key indicators of ecosystem pathology, and conversely, pathologic ecosystems place increased risks to the health of all components, thus ecosystem health becomes a major determinant of risks to the health of component populations. These relations suggest important links between the areas of epidemiology, phytopathology, and systems ecology. Understanding these links can provide enhanced capacities for diagnosis and risk assessment in all three areas.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology and Ecosystem Health: Natural Bridges

Rapport

1999

Ecosystem Health

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“…2). Bormann (1996) described how these watershed studies led directly to the measurement of chemical element inputs and outputs in precipitation and stream water, respectively, and to the birth of the watershed ecosystem concept (Bormann and Likens, 1967). Watersheds not only control hydrologic responses but also rates of weathering, erosion, and the biogeochemical cycling of chemical elements.…”

Section: Biogeoscience Past and Presentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ideas and perspectives: Strengthening the biogeosciences in environmental research networks

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Abstract. Long-term environmental research networks are one approach to advancing local, regional, and global environmental science and education. A remarkable number and wide variety of environmental research networks operate around the world today. These are diverse in funding, infrastructure, motivating questions, scientific strengths, and the sciences that birthed and maintain the networks. Some networks have individual sites that were selected because they had produced invaluable long-term data, while other networks have new sites selected to span ecological gradients. However, all long-term environmental networks share two challenges. Networks must keep pace with scientific advances and interact with both the scientific community and society at large. If networks fall short of successfully addressing these challenges, they risk becoming irrelevant. The objective of this paper is to assert that the biogeosciences offer environmental research networks a number of opportunities to expand scientific impact and public engagement. We explore some of these opportunities with four networks: the International Long-Term Ecological Research Network programs (ILTERs), critical zone observatories (CZOs), Earth and ecological observatory networks (EONs), and the FLUXNET program of eddy flux sites. While these networks were founded and expanded by interdisciplinary scientists, the preponderance of expertise and funding has gravitated activities of ILTERs and EONs toward ecology and biology, CZOs toward the Earth sciences and geology, and FLUXNET toward ecophysiology and micrometeorology. Our point is not to homogenize networks, nor to diminish disciplinary science. Rather, we argue that by more fully incorporating the integration of biology and geology in long-term environmental research networks, scientists can better leverage network assets, keep pace with the ever-changing science of the environment, and engage with larger scientific and public audiences.

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“…Although the participants came from varied backgrounds, a shared belief emerged that collaborative efforts that crossed disciplinary boundaries were essential to arrive at a deeper understanding of regional environmental challenges and solutions. Understanding the forces of transformation of the earth’s ecosystems calls for a holistic approach in which humans are “part of ” and not “apart from” the ecosystem ( Cairns 1994; Bormann 1996).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Such critics fail to recognize the significance of a “humans in” approach to ecosystem analysis ( Bormann 1996; Rapport et al 1999a ). Nor do they recognize that ecosystem services can be impaired under stress (e.g., altered nutrient cycling, primary productivity, biodiversity, changes in trophic organization and dynamics, increased incidence of disease) ( Rapport et al 1985 ; Karr 1999).…”

Section: The Concept Of Ecosystem Health and The Role Of Isehmentioning

confidence: 99%