The Test of Time: Using Historical Methods to Assess Models of Ecological Change on California’s Hardwood Rangelands

Paulson, Tim; Brown, Kevin C.; Alagona, Peter S.

doi:10.1080/24694452.2020.1782168

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“…Finally, historical ecology overlaps with environmental history, including a similar focus on archival sources, which can range from texts written in medieval times to paintings, newspapers, tax records, menus, as well as records from early natural historians and ecologists who documented their collections systematically (12). Now a highly transdisciplinary field, historical ecology research programs frequently integrate qualitative and quantitative data (13)(14)(15)(16)(17) and include academic researchers and conservation practitioners.…”

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Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation

McClenachan,

Rick,

Thurstan

et al. 2023

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Historical ecology draws on a broad range of information sources and methods to provide insight into ecological and social change, especially over the past ~12,000 years. While its results are often relevant to conservation and restoration, insights from its diverse disciplines, environments, and geographies have frequently remained siloed or underrepresented, restricting their full potential. Here, we synthesize knowledge from the fields of history, anthropology, paleontology, and ecology from scholars and practitioners working in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments on six continents and various archipelagoes to identify global research priorities for historical ecology to influence conservation. Specifically, we identify and address questions within four key priority areas: (i) methods and concepts, (ii) knowledge co-production and community engagement, (iii) policy and management, and (iv) climate change impacts. This work highlights the ways that historical ecology has developed and matured in its use of novel information sources, its efforts to move beyond extractive research practices and toward knowledge co-production, and its potential use in addressing management challenges, including climate change. Together, we demonstrate the ways that this field has brought together researchers across disciplines, connected academics to practitioners, and engaged communities to create and apply knowledge of the past to addressing the challenges of our shared future.

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confidence: 99%

Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation

McClenachan,

Rick,

Thurstan

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation

McClenachan,

Rick,

Thurstan

et al. 2024

Endang. Species. Res.

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Historical ecology draws on a broad range of information sources and methods to provide insight into ecological and social change, especially over the past ∼12000 yr. While its results are often relevant to conservation and restoration, insights from its diverse disciplines, environments, and geographies have frequently remained siloed or underrepresented, restricting their full potential. Here, scholars and practitioners working in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments on 6 continents and various archipelagoes synthesize knowledge from the fields of history, anthropology, paleontology, and ecology with the goal of describing global research priorities for historical ecology to influence conservation. We used a structured decision-making process to identify and address questions in 4 key priority areas: (1) methods and concepts, (2) knowledge co-production and community engagement, (3) policy and management, and (4) climate change impacts. This work highlights the ways that historical ecology has developed and matured in its use of novel information sources, efforts to move beyond extractive research practices and toward knowledge co-production, and application to management challenges including climate change. We demonstrate the ways that this field has brought together researchers across disciplines, connected academics to practitioners, and engaged communities to create and apply knowledge of the past to address the challenges of our shared future.

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The Test of Time: Using Historical Methods to Assess Models of Ecological Change on California’s Hardwood Rangelands

Cited by 2 publications

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Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation

Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation

Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation

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