Managing Ecological Disturbances: Learning And The Structure Of Social-Ecological Networks

Keywords

ABM; Ecological disturbances; Environmental management; Learning; Social-ecological networks

Abstract

Ecological disturbances (i.e. pests, fires, floods, biological invasions, etc.) are a critical challenge for natural resource managers. Land managers play a key role in altering the rate and extent of disturbance propagation. Ecological disturbances propagate across the landscape, while management strategies propagate across social networks of managers. Here we use an agent-based model to examine the joint diffusion of ecological disturbances and management strategies across a social-ecological network, accounting for the fundamental role of social-ecological feedbacks. We examine the management of a generic ecological disturbance as a function of different learning strategies and the social-ecological network. Our approach provides a general scaffold that can be modified to examine a variety of processes in which both social and ecological flows propagate across a social-ecological network. Our findings highlight the importance of full and accurate information to assess successful strategy, limited clustering and alignment between the social and the ecological system.

Publication Date

11-1-2018

Publication Title

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volume

109

Number of Pages

32-40

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.08.002

Socpus ID

85053183100 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85053183100

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