Enhanced science-stakeholder communication to improve ecosystem model performances for climate change impact assessments.
Författare
Summary, in English
In recent years, climate impact assessments of relevance to the agricultural and forestry sectors have received considerable attention. Current ecosystem models commonly capture the effect of a warmer climate on biomass production, but they rarely sufficiently capture potential losses caused by pests, pathogens and extreme weather events. In addition, alternative management regimes may not be integrated in the models. A way to improve the quality of climate impact assessments is to increase the science-stakeholder collaboration, and in a two-way dialog link empirical experience and impact modelling with policy and strategies for sustainable management. In this paper we give a brief overview of different ecosystem modelling methods, discuss how to include ecological and management aspects, and highlight the importance of science-stakeholder communication. By this, we hope to stimulate a discussion among the science-stakeholder communities on how to quantify the potential for climate change adaptation by improving the realism in the models.
Avdelning/ar
- Feromongruppen
- MERGE: ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system
- BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
- Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
- Funktionell zoologi
- Biologiska institutionen
- Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)
- Evolutionär ekologi
- Biodiversitet
- Biodiversitet och bevarandevetenskap
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
249-255
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment
Volym
44
Issue
3
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Ecology
- Physical Geography
- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
- Zoology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Pheromone Group
- Biodiversity and Conservation Science
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0044-7447