Tropical ecosystems into the 21st century.

K. S. Bawa; W. J. Kress; N. M. Nadkarni; S. Raven P. H. Lele; D. H. Janzen; A. E. Lugo; P. S. Ashton; T. E. Lovejoy

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Tropical ecosystems into the 21st century.

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Authors:

K. S. Bawa, W. J. Kress, N. M. Nadkarni, S. Raven P. H. Lele, D. H. Janzen, A. E. Lugo, P. S. Ashton, T. E. Lovejoy

Year:

2004

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

International Institute of Tropical Forestry

Source:

Science. ; 306(8 October):227-228.

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Abstract

WE ENDORSE THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF America’s (ESA) call to shift its primary focus from the study of undisturbed ecosystems to interdisciplinary studies of humaninfluenced ecosystems for the betterment of human societies (1, 2). At the 2004 annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Miami, Florida, we released a report (“Beyond Paradise: Meeting the Challenges in Tropical Biology in the 21st Century”), which also makes a plea for an interdisciplinary, participatory, and socially relevant research agenda to study and conserve human-impacted as well as pristine tropical ecosystems (3, 4). Here, we highlight the similarities and differences of theESA and ATBC reports.

Citation

Bawa, K. S.; Kress, W. J.; Nadkarni, N. M.; Lele, S. Raven P. H.; Janzen, D. H.; Lugo, A. E.; Ashton, P. S., and Lovejoy, T. E. 2004. Tropical ecosystems into the 21st century. Science. ; 306(8 October):227-228.