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Published on: January 19, 2019
Simulating social-ecological systems: the Island Digital Ecosystem Avatars (IDEA) consortium
Neil Davies1, Dawn Field2, David Gavaghan3
1Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California Berkeley, Moorea, BP 244 98728 French Polynesia ; Biodiversity Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS UK ; Berkeley Institute for Data Science,190 Doe Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
Abstract:
Systems biology promises to revolutionize medicine, yet human wellbeing is also inherently linked to healthy societies and environments (sustainability). The IDEA Consortium is a systems ecology open science initiative to conduct the basic scientific research needed to build use-oriented simulations (avatars) of entire social-ecological systems. Islands are the most scientifically tractable places for these studies and we begin with one of the best known: Moorea, French Polynesia. The Moorea IDEA will be a sustainability simulator modeling links and feedbacks between climate, environment, biodiversity, and human activities across a coupled marine-terrestrial landscape. As a model system, the resulting knowledge and tools will improve our ability to predict human and natural change on Moorea and elsewhere at scales relevant to management/conservation actions.
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