Coupled ecological-social dynamics in a forested landscape: Spatial interactions and information flow

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 695-707

  Satake, Akiko ^a   Leslie, Heather M ^a   Iwasa, Yoh ^b   Levin, Simon A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Expected utility; Externality; Land use; Tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LANDOWNER; LANDSCAPE; MARKOV CHAIN; MODEL;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL;

EID: 34248206794     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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