Abstracts
Abstract
The concept of ecosystem is used, from the local to the international level, to analyze the notions of balance and resilience. The introductory research note of this dossier proposes a reflection on this central concept of ecosystem used by economists/managers on the one hand and by biologists/ecologists on the other. The study shows the confusion born from this double appropriation and the need to clarify the meaning of the concept when it is used by researchers.
Keywords:
- Ecosystem,
- ecosystem type,
- management,
- biology,
- ecology
Résumé
Le concept d’écosystème est mobilisé, du niveau local jusqu’au niveau international, pour analyser les notions d’équilibre et de résilience. Cette note de recherche propose une réflexion sur ce concept central d’écosystème utilisé par les économistes/gestionnaires d’une part et par les biologistes/écologistes d’autre part. L’étude montre la confusion née de cette double appropriation et la nécessité de clarifier la signification du concept lorsqu’il est mobilisé par les chercheurs.
Mots-clés :
- Ecosystème,
- type d’écosystème,
- management,
- biologie,
- écologie
Resumen
El concepto de ecosistema se utiliza, desde el nivel local hasta el nivel internacional, para analizar las nociones de equilibrio y resiliencia. Esta nota de investigación propone una reflexión sobre este concepto central de ecosistema, empleado por economistas/gestores, por un lado, y por biólogos/ecologistas, por otro. El estudio pone de manifiesto la confusión originada por esta doble apropiación y la necesidad de clarificar el significado del concepto cuando es utilizado por los investigadores.
Palabras clave:
- Ecosistema,
- tipo de ecosistema,
- gestión,
- biología,
- ecología
Appendices
Bibliography
- Adner, R. (2012). The Wide Lens: A New Strategy for Innovation. Penguin Publishing Group, New York.
- Adner, R. (2017). Ecosystem as structure: An actionable construct for strategy. Journal of Management, 43(1), 39-58.
- Arkema, K.K., Abramson, S.C., Dewsbury, B.M. (2006). Marine ecosystem-based management: from characterization to implementation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4(10): 525-532.
- Balmford, A., Bruner, A., Cooper, P., Costanza, R., Farber, S., Green, R.E. (2002). Economic reasons for conserving wild nature. Science, 297 (5583): 950-953.
- Barney, J. (1991). Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage. Journal of Management. 17(1): 99–120.
- Beer, S. (1959) Cybernetics and management, 1959, Cybernetics and Management, London: English Universities Press.
- Costanza, R., d’Arge, R., de Groot, R., Farber, S., Grasso, M., Hannon, B., Limburg, K., Naeem, S., O’Neill, R.V., Paruelo, J., Raskin, R.J., Sutton, P., and van den Belt, M. (1997). The value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature, 387, 253–260.
- Dasgupta, P. (2021), The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, London: HM Treasury.
- Ellis, E.C., and Ramankutty, N. (2008). Putting People in the Map: Anthropogenic Biomes of the World. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 6(8): 439–447.
- Folke, C., Holling, C. S., and Perrings, C. (1996). Biological diversity, ecosystems, and the human scale. Ecological applications, 6(4), 1018-1024.
- Harris, J. A., Hobbs, R. J., Higgs, E., and Aronson, J. (2006). Ecological restoration and global climate change. Restoration Ecology, 14(2), 170-176.
- Hartvigsen, G., Kinzig, A., and Peterson, G. (1998). Use and analysis of complex adaptive systems in ecosystem science: overview of special section. Ecosystems, 1: 427–430.
- Jacobides, M. G., Cennamo, C., and Gawer, A. (2018). Towards a theory of ecosystems. Strategic Management Journal, 39(8), 2255–2276.
- Melese, J. (1979) Approches systémiques des organisations, Paris: Editions d’Organisation
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis. Washington, D.C.: Island Press,
- Moore, J. F. (1993). Predators and prey: a new ecology of competition. Harvard business review, 71(3), 75-86.
- Peterson, R. O.; Vucetich, J. A., Bump, J. M., and Smith, D; W. (2014). Trophic Cascades in a Multicausal World: Isle Royale and Yellowstone, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 45, 325-345.
- Richardson, K., Steffen, W., Lucht, W., Bendtsen, J., Cornell, S.E., Donges, J.F., Drüke, M., Fetzer, I., Bala, G., von Bloh, W., Feulner, G., Fiedler, S., Gerten, D., Gleeson, T., Hofmann, M., Huiskamp, W., Kummu, M., Mohan, C., Nogués-Bravo, D., Petri, S., Porkka, M., Rahmstorf, S., Schaphoff, S., Thonicke, K., Tobian, A., Virkki, V., Weber, L. and Rockström, J. (2023). Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries. Science Advances 9, 37.
- Tansley A. G. (1935). The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts and Terms. Ecology, 16 (3), p. 284-307.