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Modelado Ecológico‐Económico para la Gestión de Biodiversidad: Potencial, Escollos y Prospectos
Author(s) -
WÄTZOLD FRANK,
DRECHSLER MARTIN,
ARMSTRONG CLAIRE W.,
BAUMGÄRTNER STEFAN,
GRIMM VOLKER,
HUTH ANDREAS,
PERRINGS CHARLES,
POSSINGHAM HUGH P.,
SHOGREN JASON F.,
SKONHOFT ANDERS,
VERBOOMVASILJEV JANA,
WISSEL CHRISTIAN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00353.x
Subject(s) - discipline , framing (construction) , economic model , socioeconomic status , dimension (graph theory) , ecology , biodiversity , ecological systems theory , neglect , environmental resource management , management science , geography , sociology , economics , biology , mathematics , social science , psychology , population , demography , archaeology , pure mathematics , macroeconomics , psychiatry
Ecologists and economists both use models to help develop strategies for biodiversity management. The practical use of disciplinary models, however, can be limited because ecological models tend not to address the socioeconomic dimension of biodiversity management, whereas economic models tend to neglect the ecological dimension. Given these shortcomings of disciplinary models, there is a necessity to combine ecological and economic knowledge into ecological‐economic models. It is insufficient if scientists work separately in their own disciplines and combine their knowledge only when it comes to formulating management recommendations. Such an approach does not capture feedback loops between the ecological and the socioeconomic systems. Furthermore, each discipline poses the management problem in its own way and comes up with its own most appropriate solution. These disciplinary solutions, however, are likely to be so different that a combined solution considering aspects of both disciplines cannot be found. Preconditions for a successful model‐based integration of ecology and economics include (1) an in‐depth knowledge of the two disciplines, (2) the adequate identification and framing of the problem to be investigated, and (3) a common understanding between economists and ecologists of modeling and scale. To further advance ecological‐economic modeling the development of common benchmarks, quality controls, and refereeing standards for ecological‐economic models is desirable.