Deriving simple predictions from complex models to support environmental decision-making

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 326, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-141

  Stillman, Richard A ^a   Wood, Kevin A ^a,b   Goss Custard, John D ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Communication; Decision support tools; Environmental management and policy; Individual based models; Prediction

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; SEA LEVEL;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD; HABITAT MODIFICATION; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL;

DECISION MAKING;

BIRD; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANNING METHOD; PREDICTION;

AVES;

EID: 84961136055     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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