
Socio‐eco‐evolutionary dynamics in cities
Author(s) -
Des Roches Simone,
Brans Kristien I.,
Lambert Max R.,
Rivkin L. Ruth,
Savage Amy Marie,
Schell Christopher J.,
Correa Cristian,
De Meester Luc,
Diamond Sarah E.,
Grimm Nancy B.,
Harris Nyeema C.,
Govaert Lynn,
Hendry Andrew P.,
Johnson Marc T. J.,
MunshiSouth Jason,
Palkovacs Eric P.,
Szulkin Marta,
Urban Mark C.,
Verrelli Brian C.,
Alberti Marina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
evolutionary applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 68
ISSN - 1752-4571
DOI - 10.1111/eva.13065
Subject(s) - evolutionary ecology , ecology , evolutionary dynamics , biology , urban ecology , social dynamics , social evolution , sociology , urbanization , evolutionary biology , population , social science , demography , host (biology)
Cities are uniquely complex systems regulated by interactions and feedbacks between nature and human society. Characteristics of human society—including culture, economics, technology and politics—underlie social patterns and activity, creating a heterogeneous environment that can influence and be influenced by both ecological and evolutionary processes. Increasing research on urban ecology and evolutionary biology has coincided with growing interest in eco‐evolutionary dynamics, which encompasses the interactions and reciprocal feedbacks between evolution and ecology. Research on both urban evolutionary biology and eco‐evolutionary dynamics frequently focuses on contemporary evolution of species that have potentially substantial ecological—and even social—significance. Still, little work fully integrates urban evolutionary biology and eco‐evolutionary dynamics, and rarely do researchers in either of these fields fully consider the role of human social patterns and processes. Because cities are fundamentally regulated by human activities, are inherently interconnected and are frequently undergoing social and economic transformation, they represent an opportunity for ecologists and evolutionary biologists to study urban “socio‐eco‐evolutionary dynamics.” Through this new framework, we encourage researchers of urban ecology and evolution to fully integrate human social drivers and feedbacks to increase understanding and conservation of ecosystems, their functions and their contributions to people within and outside cities.