Anticipatory natural resource science and management for a changing future
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Abstract
Prolonged shifts in long‐term average climate conditions and increasing variability in short‐term weather conditions affect ecological processes, and represent a fundamental challenge for natural resource management. Recent and forthcoming advances in climate predictability may offer novel opportunities, but capitalizing on these opportunities will require focusing scientific research on understanding the links between climate and ecological responses over multiple timescales, fostering programmatic links among science and management agencies, and developing new and flexible decision‐making frameworks. Anticipating short‐ to near‐term climate conditions can help managers mitigate land degradation driven by unfavorable conditions and promote actions that make the most of favorable conditions. Similarly, anticipating long‐term, multidecadal climate trajectories can help managers to identify those species and communities that are most likely to remain viable throughout the 21st century. A focus on “anticipatory science and management” could substantially bolster natural resource planning and management but will require long‐term investment and widespread adoption.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Anticipatory natural resource science and management for a changing future |
| Series title | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment |
| DOI | 10.1002/fee.1806 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Year Published | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Ecological Society of America |
| Contributing office(s) | Southwest Biological Science Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 295 |
| Last page | 303 |
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