Modelling impacts of drivers on biodiversity and ecosystems

Purpose of this chapter: Explores key issues in modelling impacts of changes in direct drivers on biodiversity and ecosystems; and critically reviews major types of models for generating outputs that are either directly relevant to assessment and decision-support activities, or are required as input...

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Autores principales: Brotons, Lluís, Christensen, Villy, Ravindranath, N. H., Cao, Mingchang, Chun, Jung Hwa., Maury, Olivier, Peri, Pablo Luis, Proença, Vânia, Salihoglu, Baris
Otros Autores: Hemming, Deborah
Formato: info:ar-repo/semantics/parte de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) 2021
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9797
https://ipbes.net/assessment-reports/scenarios
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Sumario:Purpose of this chapter: Explores key issues in modelling impacts of changes in direct drivers on biodiversity and ecosystems; and critically reviews major types of models for generating outputs that are either directly relevant to assessment and decision-support activities, or are required as inputs to subsequent modelling of nature’s benefits to people. Key findings: 1-Models of biodiversity and ecosystem function are critical to our capability to predict and understand responses to environmental change; 2- There is a need to match biodiversity and ecosystem function model development to stakeholder and policy needs; 3- Biodiversity and ecosystem modelling depends heavily on our understanding of ecosystem structure, function and process and on their adequate representation in models; 4- Uncertainty in ecosystem dynamics is inherent in ecosystem modelling.