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  • Ecology
  • Environmental Management
  • Socioeconomics

Background:

  • Global change presents challenges for managing ecosystem services.
  • Interactions within ecological and socioeconomic systems complicate predictions of management outcomes.
  • Existing methods struggle to operationalize network theory for diverse ecosystem service assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a framework using network theory for assessing ecosystem services.
  • To understand how drivers and management actions directly and indirectly affect ecosystem services.
  • To aid in managing ecosystem services amidst global change.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing network theory to integrate ecological and socioeconomic components.
  • Developing a framework to analyze direct and indirect impacts on ecosystem services.
  • Assessing the effects of management actions and environmental drivers.

Main Results:

  • The proposed network framework can assess direct and indirect alterations to ecosystem services.
  • It provides a method to understand complex interactions within coupled systems.
  • Identifies pathways for operationalizing network approaches in ecosystem service management.

Conclusions:

  • Network theory offers a viable approach for managing ecosystem services.
  • The framework enhances the ability to predict consequences of management decisions.
  • This approach is crucial for effective ecosystem service provision under changing conditions.