Historians are from Venus, Ecologists are from Mars

摘要: Previous calls for cooperation between historians and conservation scientists published in ecological con- servation journals have been made by nonhistorians. This Comment on Szabnd H´ (2011), paper "Advancing the Integration of History Ecology Conservation," provides other half sought-for antiphonal duet from perspective an environmental historian. Most interdisciplinary research frame their discussions terms problems to be overcome. They elaborate reasons failure this union summated, shapes what is done. In welcome article, Hfollow route, noting contrasting tendencies toward gener- ality versus particularity ecologists historians, re- spectively, mismatches scale precision data collection. lack be- fore 1800 as a "major obstacle successful history ecology" but then show that really opportunity ecol- ogists gain (Szab´ ´ 2011, p. 685). Helpfully, they advise us pay attention "difficulties communication rather than fundamentaldifferences 2 disciplines"