Forecasting long-term ecological dynamics using open paleodata

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason S McLachlan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Dynamics

Exploring the Scientific and Beyond-Science Interactions of Long-Term Ecological Research Scientists

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney G. Flint
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Ecological Dynamics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
Intellectual Movement

The essays in this volume are analyzed to assess the degree to which they portray scientific and beyond-science interactions. The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program represents a scientific or intellectual movement based on articulation of the program’s highly respected founders, resource allocation for individual and collective pursuits, use of LTER sites for recruitment, and commonly held themes or foci for research. Interdisciplinary scientific interactions within the LTER program have influenced researchers’ ideas, networks, and productivity but have also presented challenges, particularly for junior participants. Interactions beyond the scientific community focus on one-dimensional flows of information as well as on collaborative, multidirectional partnerships with a variety of stakeholders. This analytical chapter explores social interactions catalyzed by experiences of scientists associated with the LTER program. I analyze the essays by LTER scientists in this volume using a broad, three- tiered structure: (1) the degree to which insights from the essays suggest that the LTER program represents a scientific or intellectual movement within environmental sciences examining ecological dynamics; (2) the extent of interdisciplinary interactions with scientists across broader fields of study, including associated reactions and challenges; and (3) interactions with others beyond science. Findings are examined across different career stages of respondents. Direct quotations are used to illustrate findings and to provide evidence for conclusions based on the LTER scientists’ own words. The LTER program was initiated 34 years ago (Waide [Chapter 2]; Gholz, Marinelli, and Taylor [Chapter 3]). Given the growth of the LTER program, in terms of the number and geographic distribution of sites, as well as the contributions of engaged scientists and students, there is no doubt of the influence of the LTER program on the science of ecology and general understanding of ecosystems around the world (Robertson et al. 2012). In this chapter, I examine the social interactions of scientists in the LTER program through the lenses provided by their essays in this volume to explore three dimensions—interactions within the environmental sciences focused on ecological dynamics, broader interdisciplinary interactions, and interactions with stakeholders beyond science.

Long-term anthropogenic and ecological dynamics of a Mediterranean landscape: Impacts on multiple taxa

2010 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 214-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clélia Sirami ◽  
Amélie Nespoulous ◽  
Jean-Paul Cheylan ◽  
Pascal Marty ◽  
Glen T. Hvenegaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Dynamics ◽  
Mediterranean Landscape ◽  
Landscape Impacts

scholarly journals Integrating Economic dynamics into Ecological Networks: The case of fishery sustainability

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Glaum ◽  
Valentin Cocco ◽  
Fernanda S. Valdovinos
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Fishing Effort ◽  
Ecological Networks ◽  
Ecological Network ◽  
Ecological Dynamics ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Insight Into

Summary/AbstractUnderstanding and sustainably managing anthropogenic impact on ecosystems requires studying the integrated economic -ecological dynamics driving coupled human-natural systems. Here, we expand ecological network theory to study fishery sustainability by incorporating economic drivers into food-web models to evaluate the dynamics of thousands of single-species fisheries across hundreds of generated food-webs and two management strategies. Analysis reveals harvesting high population biomass species can initially support fishery persistence, but threatens long term economic and ecological sustainability by indirectly inducing extinction cascades in non-harvested species. This dynamic is exacerbated in open access fisheries where profit driven growth in fishing effort increases perturbation strength. Results demonstrate the unique insight into both ecological dynamics and sustainability garnered from considering economically dynamic fishing effort in the network.One Sentence SummaryIntegrating economic drivers into ecological networks reveal non-linear drivers of sustainability in fisheries.

Long-term successional changes in peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada inferred from the ecological dynamics of multiple proxies

The Holocene ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn E Hargan ◽  
Kathleen M Rühland ◽  
Andrew M Paterson ◽  
James Holmquist ◽  
Glen M MacDonald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hudson Bay ◽  
Ecological Dynamics ◽  
Hudson Bay Lowlands
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