Partial observability and management of ecological systems
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9197
Abstract: Abstract The actual state of ecological systems is rarely known with certainty, but management actions must often be taken regardless of imperfect measurement (partial observability). Because of the difficulties in accounting for partial observability, it… read more here.
Keywords: state; ecological systems; partial observability; observability ... See more keywords
Sustainability of complex social-ecological systems: methods, tools, and approaches
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DOI: 10.1007/s10113-020-01692-9
Abstract: Social-ecological systems (SES) are nested, multilevel systems in which ecological and social elements interoperate through regular bidirectional interactions and feedback loops (Gunderson and Holling 2002; Holling 2001; Folke 2006). They are characterised by complex and… read more here.
Keywords: ecological systems; methods tools; topical collection; tools approaches ... See more keywords
Community-led reforestation: cultivating the potential of virtuous cycles to confer resilience in disaster disrupted social–ecological systems
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DOI: 10.1007/s11625-017-0506-5
Abstract: Human relationships with trees can result in widespread citizen-led reforestation projects that catalyze social–biological-reinforcing feedback loops and set in motion virtuous cycles that restore perturbed social–ecological systems. These virtuous cycles confer resilience in such systems… read more here.
Keywords: cycles confer; ecological systems; confer resilience; social ecological ... See more keywords
Adaptive management of ecological systems under partial observability
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.05.009
Abstract: Abstract Adaptive management has a long history in ecology and conservation. Uncertainty in both the state of a system and the model defining its dynamics are fundamental challenges in adaptive management of complex ecological systems.… read more here.
Keywords: partial observability; adaptive management; ecological systems; systems partial ... See more keywords
Implementing a social-ecological systems framework for conservation monitoring: lessons from a multi-country coral reef program
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108298
Abstract: Abstract Multi-scale social-ecological systems (SES) approaches to conservation and commons management are needed to address the complex challenges of the Anthropocene. Although SES approaches to monitoring and evaluation are advocated in global science and policy… read more here.
Keywords: ecological systems; conservation; management; ses approaches ... See more keywords
Moving forward in collaborative forest management: Role of external actors for sustainable Forest socio-ecological systems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.10.010
Abstract: Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) of local forest users and governments promoted to achieve sustainable forest Social-Ecological Systems (SESs) by consolidating strengths of these actors. Although much of the writings on CFM acknowledge its potential to… read more here.
Keywords: collaborative forest; forest management; sustainable forest; ecological systems ... See more keywords
Structuring wicked problems in transdisciplinary research using the Social–Ecological systems framework: An application to the montado system, Alentejo, Portugal
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.200
Abstract: Abstract The aspiration to establish an effective dialogue between science and society has inspired some ground breaking examples of transdisciplinarity (TD). The core idea of TD is that different academic disciplines work jointly with practitioners… read more here.
Keywords: research; ecological systems; system; transdisciplinary research ... See more keywords
Forest landscapes as social-ecological systems and implications for management
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.05.001
Abstract: Abstract Many of the most pressing threats to forests result from complex interactions between multiple stressors and require management on large spatial and temporal scales. For this reason, many ecosystem managers have begun to recognize… read more here.
Keywords: landscapes social; ecological systems; forest landscapes; management ... See more keywords
Eigenvalues of the covariance matrix as early warning signals for critical transitions in ecological systems
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38961-5
Abstract: Many ecological systems are subject critical transitions, which are abrupt changes to contrasting states triggered by small changes in some key component of the system. Temporal early warning signals such as the variance of a… read more here.
Keywords: warning signals; ecological systems; covariance matrix; early warning ... See more keywords
Actors’ diversity and the resilience of social-ecological systems to global change
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DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0236-z
Abstract: Biological diversity is known to enhance the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change. It is, however, unclear whether a high diversity of social actors analogously increases the capacity of social-ecological systems to maintain the provision… read more here.
Keywords: ecological systems; diversity; change; global change ... See more keywords
Difficult climate-adaptive decisions in forests as complex social–ecological systems
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2108326119
Abstract: Significance New forest management techniques, like genomics-based assisted migration (AM), can help forests adapt to climate change by maintaining the productivity of commercially important tree species. However, we find that key stakeholder groups tend to… read more here.
Keywords: ecological systems; complex social; climate adaptive; social ecological ... See more keywords