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Conceptual Models as Tools for Communication Across Disciplines
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Heemskerk, Marieke; University of Wisconsin-Madison; mheemskerk@wisc.edu; Wilson, Karen; Carleton University; kwilson@carleton.edu; Pavao-Zuckerman, Mitchell; Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia; mzucker@sparc.ecology.uga.edu.
To better understand and manage complex social-ecological systems, social scientists and ecologists must collaborate. However, issues related to language and research approaches can make it hard for researchers in different fields to work together. This paper suggests that researchers can improve interdisciplinary science through the use of conceptual models as a communication tool. The authors share lessons from a workshop in which interdisciplinary teams of young scientists developed conceptual models of social-ecological systems using data sets and metadata from Long-Term Ecological Research sites across the United States. Both the process of model building and the models that were created are discussed. The exercise revealed that the presence of social...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Integrative Graduate Education Research and Training; Long-Term Ecological Research; Conceptual model; Interdisciplinary research; Modeling; Social-ecological systems; Workshop.
Ano: 2003

ARDI: A Co-construction Method for Participatory Modeling in Natural Resources Management
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Etienne, Michel; INRA-Ecodevelopment Unit; etienne@avignon.inra.fr; Du Toit, Derick R; AWARD; derick@award.org.za; Pollard, Sharon; AWARD; sharon@award.org.za.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Co-construction; Collective mental model; Conceptual model; Facilitation; Natural resources management; Participatory modeling.
Ano: 2011

A Classification Framework for Running Adaptive Management Rapids
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Harm Benson, Melinda; University of New Mexico; mhbenson@unm.edu; Morrison, Ryan R.; University of New Mexico; rmorriso@unm.edu; Stone, Mark C.; University of New Mexico; stone@unm.edu.
While adaptive management (AM) is becoming a preferred natural resource management approach, the conditions necessary to engage in AM are not always present. In order for AM to work, there must be an ability to engage in experimentation and then incorporate what is learned. Just as few rivers are unequivocally either &amp;#8220;runnable&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;unrunnable&amp;#8221; by a whitewater boater, successful AM depends on a number of factors, including legal frameworks and requirements, resource allocation regimes, and existing infrastructure. We provide a classification framework for assessing the physical and institutional capacity necessary for AM using the international classification for whitewater. We then apply this classification framework...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Conceptual model; Rio Chama; River restoration.
Ano: 2013

Envisioning Adaptive Strategies to Change: Participatory Scenarios for Agropastoral Semiarid Systems in Nicaragua
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Simelton, Elisabeth; Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds; E.S.Simelton@leeds.ac.uk.
Historically, the semiarid social&amp;#8211;ecological systems of the dry Central American corridor have proven resilient to pressures. However, in the last century, these systems have experienced huge environmental and socioeconomic changes that have increased the vulnerability of local livelihoods to shocks. New approaches are needed to capture complex, uncertain, cross-scale and nonlinear relationships among drivers of change and vulnerability. Therefore, to tackle this challenge, we have applied a participatory and interdisciplinary methodological framework of vulnerability assessment to a case study in northern Nicaragua. We triangulated a range of information and data from participatory and scientific research to explore historical and current...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Agropastoral system; Conceptual model; Dry tropical system; Nicaragua; Participatory scenario analysis; Vulnerability assessment.
Ano: 2011

Microbial communities of recirculating aquaculture facilities: interaction between heterotrophic and autotrophic bacteria and the system itself
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Michaud, Luigi.
Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) may be considered an alternative to pond aquaculture technology (by consuming lower amounts of water producing similar yields of crop) or can be integrated in a sort of "production chain" with net pen systems. The interest in RAS is due to their intrinsic advantages like the reduction of land and water requirements, the high degree of environmental control allowing year-round growth at optimum rates and the possibility to produce in close proximity to markets. Moreover, the high level of control improves risk management linked with bacterial and parasitic infections and predator pests. Finally, waste production (both particulate and soluble) can be controlled and minimized contributing to make these systems...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Conceptual model; Molecular characterization; Biological filter; Microbial ecology; Recirculating Aquaculture System; Modèle conceptuel; Bioactivateur; Caractérisation moléculaire; Carbone organique particulaire; Filtre biologique; Écologie microbienne; Aquaculture en circuit recirculé.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/these-2682.pdf

Geologic conceptual model of the municipality of Sete Lagoas (MG, Brazil) and the surroundings
Provedor de dados: 42
Autores: GALVÃO,PAULO; HIRATA,RICARDO; CORDEIRO,ARNALDO; BARBATI,DANIELA; PEÑARANDA,JORGE.
ABSTRACT The study area is located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, among the municipalities of Pedro Leopoldo, Matozinhos, and Sete Lagoas, with Velhas River as the eastern boundary. It is located in the São Francisco Craton, where carbonated argillo-arenaceous sediments are emplaced giving origin to the Bambuí Group, in the São Francisco Basin. Despite the geological knowledge previously developed, the region needs work on integration and detailing of such information. For this reason, the main objective was to contribute to the quality of the geologic cartography, the spatial distribution, and the structural framework geometry. Thus, geologic mapping, aerial photography interpretation, and evaluation of 270 lithologic well profiles were carried...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Conceptual model; Formations geometry; Geology; Stratigraphy.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016000100035