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logo citeasPausas, J. G., & Bond, W. J. (2018, December 31). Humboldt and the reinvention of nature. (M. Sankaran, Ed.), Journal of Ecology. Wiley. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13109
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Humboldt and the reinvention of nature

Autor: Pausas, J. G.CSICORCID;Bond, W. J.
Financiadores: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Generalitat Valenciana
Palabras clave: Darwin
Disturbance
Fire
Herbivory
History of ecology
Humboldt
Megafauna
Fecha de publicación: may-2019
Editor: British Ecological Society
Citación: Journal of Ecology 107(3): 1031-1037 (2019)
Resumen: 1. Alexander von Humboldt is a key figure in the history of ecology and biogeography who contributed to shape what is today ecology, as well as the environmentalist movement. His observation that the world’s vegetation varies systematically with climate was one of his many contributions to science. 2. Here we question to what extent Humboldt’s view biased our vision of nature. The current emphasis on the role of climate and soils in ecological and evolutionary studies, and the emphasis on forests as the potential and most important vegetation, suggests that we still view nature through the eyes of Humboldt. 3. Over the last 20 years, diverse studies have shown that many open non-forested ecosystems (savannas, grasslands, and shrublands) cannot be predicted by climate and are ancient and diverse systems maintained by fire and/or vertebrate herbivory. Paleoecological and phylogenetic studies have shown the key role of these plant consumers at geological time scales. This has major implications for how we understand and manage our ecosystems. 4. Synthesis: We need to consciously probe the long-standing idea that climate and soils are the only major factors shaping large-scale patterns in nature. We propose to move beyond the legacy of Humboldt by embracing fire and large mammal herbivory as additional key factors in explaining the ecology and evolution of world vegetation.
Versión del editor: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13109
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/182537
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13109
ISSN: 0022-0477
E-ISSN: 1365-2745
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