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Metamodels for Transdisciplinary Analysis of Wildlife Population Dynamics ; PLOS ONE
| العنوان: | Metamodels for Transdisciplinary Analysis of Wildlife Population Dynamics ; PLOS ONE |
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| المؤلفون: | Lacy, Robert C., Miller, Philip S., Nyhus, Philip J., Pollak, J. P., Raboy, Becky E., Zeigler, Sara L. |
| المساهمون: | Biological Sciences |
| بيانات النشر: | PLOS |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | VTechWorks (VirginiaTech) |
| الوصف: | Wildlife population models have been criticized for their narrow disciplinary perspective when analyzing complexity in coupled biological physical human systems. We describe a metamodel approach to species risk assessment when diverse threats act at different spatiotemporal scales, interact in non-linear ways, and are addressed by distinct disciplines. A metamodel links discrete, individual models that depict components of a complex system, governing the flow of information among models and the sequence of simulated events. Each model simulates processes specific to its disciplinary realm while being informed of changes in other metamodel components by accessing common descriptors of the system, populations, and individuals. Interactions among models are revealed as emergent properties of the system. We introduce a new metamodel platform, both to further explain key elements of the metamodel approach and as an example that we hope will facilitate the development of other platforms for implementing metamodels in population biology, species risk assessments, and conservation planning. We present two examples one exploring the interactions of dispersal in metapopulations and the spread of infectious disease, the other examining predator-prey dynamics to illustrate how metamodels can reveal complex processes and unexpected patterns when population dynamics are linked to additional extrinsic factors. Metamodels provide a flexible, extensible method for expanding population viability analyses beyond models of isolated population demographics into more complete representations of the external and intrinsic threats that must be understood and managed for species conservation. ; Published version |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| العلاقة: | e84211; http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85380Test; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084211Test; 12 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0084211 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084211Test http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85380Test |
| حقوق: | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.5CB376D6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 19326203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0084211 |