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The social dimensions of biological invasions in South Africa

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F20%3A00539224" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/20:00539224 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32394-3_24" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32394-3_24</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32394-3_24" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-030-32394-3_24</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    The social dimensions of biological invasions in South Africa

  • Original language description

    This chapter examines current knowledge relating to the human and social dimensions of biological invasions in South Africa. We do so by advancing 12 propositions and examining the evidence for or against each using South African literature. The propositions cover four broad issues: how people cause invasions, how they conceptualise them, effects of invasive species on people, and peoples’ responses to them. The propositions we assess include: (1) intentional introductions were and continue to reflect the social ethos of the time, (2) people go to great lengths to ensure that newly introduced species establish themselves, (3) human-mediated modifications help invasive species to establish, (4) howpeople think about and study invasive species is strongly shaped by social-ecological contexts, (5) knowledge and awareness of invasive species is low amongst the general public, (6) personal values are the primary factor affecting perceptions of invasive alien species and their control, (7) specific social-ecological contexts mediate how invasive species affect people, (8) research on social effects of invasive species primarily focuses on negative impacts, (9) the negative social impacts of invasive species on local livelihoods are of more concern to people than impacts on biodiversity, (10) people are less willing tomanage species regarded as ‘charismatic’, (11) social heterogeneity increases conflicts around the management of biological invasions, and (12) engagement with society is key to successful management. By advancing and questioning propositions, we were able to determine what is known, provide evidence for where gaps lie, and thus identify areas for future research.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    C - Chapter in a specialist book

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10618 - Ecology

Result continuities

  • Project

    <a href="/en/project/GX19-28807X" target="_blank" >GX19-28807X: Macroecology of plant invasions: global synthesis across habitats (SynHab)</a><br>

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2020

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Book/collection name

    Biological Invasions in South Africa

  • ISBN

    978-3-030-32393-6

  • Number of pages of the result

    29

  • Pages from-to

    701-729

  • Number of pages of the book

    975

  • Publisher name

    Springer

  • Place of publication

    Cham

  • UT code for WoS chapter