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- Title
An integrated conceptual framework for long-term social--ecological research.
- Authors
Collins, Scott L.; Carpenter, Stephen R.; Swinton, Scott M.; Orenstein, Daniel E.; Childers, Daniel L.; Gragson, Ted L.; Grimm, Nancy B.; Grove, J. Morgan; Harlan, Sharon L.; Kaye, Jason P.; Knapp, Alan K.; Kofinas, Gary P.; Magnuson, John J.; William H McDowell; Melack, John M.; Ogden, Laura A.; Robertson, G. Philip; Smith, Melinda D.; Whitmer, Ali C.
- Abstract
The global reach of human activities affects all natural ecosystems, so that the environment is best viewed as a social-ecological system. Consequently, a more integrative approach to environmental science, one that bridges the biophysical and social domains, is sorely needed. Although models and frameworks for social-ecological systems exist, few are explicitly designed to guide a long-term interdisciplinary research program. Here, we present an iterative framework, "Press-Pulse Dynamics" (PPD), that integrates the bio-physical and social sciences through an understanding of how human behaviors affect "press" and "pulse" dynamics and ecosystem processes. Such dynamics and processes, in turn, influence ecosystem services - thereby altering human behaviors and initiating feedbacks that impact the original dynamics and processes. We believe that research guided by the PPD framework will lead to a more thorough understanding of social-ecological systems and generate the knowledge needed to address pervasive environmental problems.
- Subjects
SOCIAL ecology; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; HUMAN behavior; ECOSYSTEM management; ENVIRONMENTAL sciences
- Publication
Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, 2011, Vol 9, Issue 6, p351
- ISSN
1540-9295
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/100068