Integrating research tools to support the management of social-ecological systems under climate change

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Miller, Brian W ^a   Morisette, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Complex adaptive systems; Natural resource management; Scenario planning; Simulations; Species distribution modeling; State and transition modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELING; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESEARCH METHOD; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84911450147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06813-190341     Document Type: Article

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