Ecological risk assessment on the system scale: A review of state-of-the-art models and future perspectives

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 250, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-33

  Chen, Shaoqing ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Fath, Brian D ^b,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Ecosystem evaluation; Environmental management; System based model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; MODELING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM FORMULATION; RISK CHARACTERIZATION; RISK EVALUATION; SYSTEM LEVELS; SYSTEM-ORIENTED PERSPECTIVE; WEB-BASED MODELS;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84870673187     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.10.015     Document Type: Review

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