FORUM: Effective management of ecological resilience – are we there yet?
Journal of Applied Ecology
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Abstract
- Ecological resilience is developing into a credible paradigm for policy development and environmental management for preserving natural capital in a rapidly changing world. However, resilience emerges from complex interactions, limiting the translation of theory into practice.
- Main limitations include the following: (i) difficulty in quantification and detection of changes in ecological resilience, (ii) a lack of empirical evidence to support preventative or proactive management and (iii) difficulties in managing processes operating across socio-ecological systems that vary in space and time.
- We highlight recent research with the potential to address these limitations including new and/or improved indicators of resilience and tools to assess scale as a driver of resilience.
- Synthesis and applications. Effective resilience-based management must be adaptive in nature. To support this, we propose an operational model using resilience-based iterative management actions operating across scales.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | FORUM: Effective management of ecological resilience – are we there yet? |
| Series title | Journal of Applied Ecology |
| DOI | 10.1111/1365-2664.12497 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Year Published | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | British Ecological Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Coop Res Unit Seattle |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 1311 |
| Last page | 1315 |
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