Coupling human and natural systems: Simulating adaptive management agents in dynamically changing forest landscapes

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 475-485

  Rammer, Werner ^a   Seidl, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

ABE; Adaptive management; Agent based model; Forest ecosystem management; Forest landscape model; Global change; ILand; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84946569680     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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