Small-scale societies and environmental transformations: coevolutionary dynamics

This editorial introduces the special feature ofEcology and SocietyentitledSmall-Scale Societies and Environmental Transformations: Coevolutionary Dynamics. The contributions to this feature explore coevolutionary dynamics developed between small-scale societies and environmental features and the la...

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Published in:Ecology and society 2017-01, Vol.22 (1), p.15, Article art15
Main Authors: Reyes-García, Victoria, Zurro, Debora, Caro, Jorge, Madella, Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agroecology
Biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation
coevolution
Cultural anthropology
Ecology
Forest ecology
Guest Editorial
Human ecology
Landscapes
long-term dynamics
small-scale societies
Social evolution
social-ecological systems
Sustainable agriculture
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Summary:This editorial introduces the special feature ofEcology and SocietyentitledSmall-Scale Societies and Environmental Transformations: Coevolutionary Dynamics. The contributions to this feature explore coevolutionary dynamics developed between small-scale societies and environmental features and the larger-scale effects of these interactions in spatial and chronological terms. Acknowledging the importance of small-scale societies in our evolutionary past and nowadays, contributions to this issue use insights from both archaeological and anthropological case studies, concepts, and methods. This editorial introduces the contributions in three different ways. We start by reviewing the use of the term “small-scale society” in the literature. Then, we briefly examine the concept of “co-evolutionary dynamics” by providing examples of how the process operates between past and present small-scale societies and their surrounding environments. In the last section, we introduce each of the papers.
ISSN:1708-3087
1708-3087
DOI:10.5751/ES-09066-220115