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Aliens and Humans : = An Ecosystem Services Perspective on Plants Invasions in the Anthropocene.

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Title/Author:	Aliens and Humans :/
Reminder of title:	An Ecosystem Services Perspective on Plants Invasions in the Anthropocene.
Author:	Vaz, Ana Sofia.
Description:	1 online resource (370 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-01, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International84-01B.
Subject:	Geography. -
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ISBN:	9798835564712

Aliens and Humans : = An Ecosystem Services Perspective on Plants Invasions in the Anthropocene.
Vaz, Ana Sofia.

Aliens and Humans :An Ecosystem Services Perspective on Plants Invasions in the Anthropocene. - 1 online resource (370 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-01, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universidade do Porto (Portugal), 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

The large-scale redistribution of species worldwide is a key fingerprint of the Anthropocene. Alien species, and particularly invasive species, challenge many issues pertaining the conservation of biodiversity as well as the functioning of ecosystems. These challenges bring consequences for the services that ecosystems sustain, and hence benefits and nuisances that people use, value and perceive. The benefits and nuisances related to biological invasions are influenced by human perception, exposure and action, depending on the ecological changes that these species cause at particular socio-cultural contexts. Therefore, combining different disciplinary views and scientific methods, from ecological and environmental sciences to social sciences and humanities, can aid in the understanding of invasions as social-ecological phenomena. Concurrently, by taking advantage of the technological advances of remote sensing in invasion science, the ability to deal with alien species and their social-ecological changes can be improved. This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding and management of biological invasions as a social-ecological phenomenon, following and combining two major lines of investigation: social-ecological approaches and remote sensing. Seven studies are developed, aiming to answer the following questions: (1) Can an ecosystem (dis)services framework, grounded on the benefits and nuisances for human well-being, improve the understanding and management of biological invasions as a social-ecological phenomenon? (2) How have invasion research and management taken advantage of the opportunities provided by remote sensing advances, and how can they further benefit from those opportunities? and (3) Can social-ecological approaches and remote sensing be combined in integrative frameworks that effectively improve the future assessment and management of invasions? Following a general introduction to the research context and objectives, the first study proposes a conceptual framework to integrate ecosystem services and disservices for human well-being. The framework is illustrated considering the multiple benefits and nuisances from plant invasions worldwide. It also accounts for the role of social-ecological management in the valuation of ecosystem services and disservices associated to plant invasions. This study proposes a precautionary management hierarchy to be used when considering ecosystem services and disservices promoted by invasions. Subsequently, two studies are presented focusing on the usefulness of social-ecological approaches in addressing alien species from an ecosystem services perspective. These social-oriented approaches are first reviewed, providing an overview on how to foster collaboration and insights from social sciences to understand the role of biological invasions as promoters or disrupters of ecosystem services. The usefulness of social-ecological approaches is then illustrated in a case-study focused on assessing the effects of alien trees on multiple cultural services in the Iberian Peninsula, from the analysis of social media data. The next two studies focus on the opportunities offered by remote sensing to invasion science. Firstly, the progress, state and applications of remote sensing in the research and management of plant invasions are reviewed and discussed. Afterwards, remote sensing advances are combined with social-ecological approaches to evaluate the seasonal contribution of alien tree species to cultural services in a Portuguese National Park. Recommendations are proposed for informed management regarding alien trees, focused on the safeguard of natural capital and recreational benefits.

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2024

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520 $a A redistribuicao de especies a larga escala mundial constitui uma impressao digital chave do Antropoceno. As especies exoticas, e particularmente as especies invasoras, colocam muitos desafios a conservacao da biodiversidade e ao funcionamento dos ecossistemas. Estes desafios trazem consequencias para os servicos que os ecossistemas suportam, e consequentes beneficios que as pessoas usam, valorizam e percecionam. Os beneficios e as limitacoes impostas pelas especies invasoras sao influenciados pela percecao e acao humana, e dependem das alteracoes ecologicas que estas especies induzem em contextos particulares socioculturais. Desta forma, a combinacao de diferentes perspetivas e metodos disciplinares, incluindo aqueles derivados das ciencias ambientais, sociais e humanisticas, pode ajudar a clarificar o papel das invasoes biologicas como um fenomeno socio-ecologico. Simultaneamente, tirar partido dos crescentes avancos tecnologicos inerentes a detecao remota, pode constituir uma oportunidade para melhor lidar com as especies exoticas e respetivos impactos. Esta tese pretende contribuir para a compreensao e gestao das invasoes biologicas como um fenomeno socio-ecologico, seguindo e combinando duas linhas principais de investigacao: abordagens socio-ecologicas e detecao remota. Para isso, sete estudos sao apresentados, com o intuito de responder as seguintes questoes: (1) Pode uma moldura de (dis)servicos dos ecossistemas, baseada nos beneficios e limitacoes ao bem-estar humano, contribuir para a compreensao e gestao das invasoes biologicas como um fenomeno socio-ecologico? (2) Como tem a investigacao e a gestao das invasoes biologicas aproveitado as oportunidades associadas aos avancoes da detecao remota, e como podem vir a ser mais beneficiados por essas oportunidades? e (3) Podem as abordagens socio-ecologicas e a detecao remota ser combinadas em molduras integradoras que melhorem a avaliacao e a gestao das invasoes no futuro? Seguindo uma introducao geral sobre o contexto e objetivos de investigacao, o primeiro estudo apresenta uma moldura conceptual para integrar os servicos e disservicos dos ecossistemas para o bem-estar humano. A moldura e ilustrada considerando os multiplos beneficios e limitacoes produzidos pelas invasoes biologicas a nivel mundial. A moldura considera tambem o papel da gestao socio-ecologica e da valoracao dos servicos e disservicos dos ecossistemas associados as invasoes biologicas. O estudo propoe uma hierarquia de gestao precautoria a ser usada aquando a consideracao dos servicos e disservicos dos ecossistemas promovidos pelas invasoes. Os dois estudos que se seguem sao focados na utilidade das perspetivas socio-ecologicas sobre as especies exoticas segundo uma perspetiva de servicos dos ecossistemas. Estas abordagens socio-ecologicas sao primariamente revistas, oferecendo uma visao global de como promover a colaboracao e o conhecimento com as ciencias sociais por forma a compreender o papel das invasoes biologicas como impulsionadoras ou disruptoras dos servicos dos ecossistemas. De seguida, um caso de estudo focado na aplicacao de abordagens socio-ecologicas e adotado para analisar os efeitos das arvores exoticas em varios servicos culturais na Peninsula Iberica, a partir de dados de media sociais. Os dois estudos subsequentes sao focados nas oportunidades oferecidas pela detecao remota na ciencia da invasao. Primariamente, o progresso, estado e aplicacoes da detecao remota sao revistos e discutidos no contexto da investigacao e gestao das plantas invasoras.
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