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Making Ecological Information Practical for Resource Managers
Author(s) -
Risser Paul G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
ecological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.864
H-Index - 213
eISSN - 1939-5582
pISSN - 1051-0761
DOI - 10.2307/1941789
Subject(s) - ecology , environmental resource management , resource (disambiguation) , natural resource , compensation (psychology) , resource management (computing) , environmental science , computer science , biology , psychology , psychoanalysis , computer network
There has been a tendency for ecologists to present results from ecological studies and then be critical of resource managers because the best available scientific information was not incorporated into decisions about natural resources. This unfortunate situation must be remedied by ecologists, who should explicitly consider the ways in which results can be applied to management issues. Ecologists and resource managers should collaborate to establish the topical framework in which concepts such as growth compensation/overcompensation should be considered. Finally, under presettlement conditions, the tallgrass prairie probably produced overcompensation under lightly to moderately grazed conditions.