Understanding large‐scale, complex, human–environmental processes: a framework for social–ecological observatories

Bourgeron, Patrick; Kliskey, Andrew; Alessa, Lilian; Loescher, Henry; Krauze, Kinga; Virapongse, Arika; Griffith, David L.

doi:10.1002/fee.1797

Title: Understanding large‐scale, complex, human–environmental processes: a framework for social–ecological observatories

Abstract

There is a growing consensus that transdisciplinary environmental networks are required to generate knowledge of the dynamics of coupled human–natural systems ( CHAN s) and to assess societal and policy consequences of complex environmental issues. Few of the existing large environmental observatory networks collect much, if any, data on the CHAN s coupling mechanisms, reaffirming the need to develop observing approaches and structures that address the interoperability of the diverse data being obtained from these systems. We review the characteristics of existing environmental observatories and similar initiatives used to monitor CHAN s, and identify opportunities for interoperability among them. From a synthesis of the characteristics of environmental networks representing a wide spectrum of research approaches and applications, a conceptual framework of a typical Social–Ecological Observatory ( SEO ) is presented to support long‐term, multi‐scaled CHAN s observations through a common set of principles for organizing the observatories. Finally, we identify three areas of emphasis where progress is needed to support the use and application of SEO s.

Authors:

Bourgeron, Patrick ^[1]; Kliskey, Andrew ^[2]; Alessa, Lilian ^[3]; Loescher, Henry ^[4]; Krauze, Kinga ^[5]; Virapongse, Arika ^[2]; Griffith, David L. ^[6]

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado Boulder CO, Center for Resilient Communities University of Idaho Moscow ID
Center for Resilient Communities University of Idaho Moscow ID
Center for Resilient Communities University of Idaho Moscow ID, US Department of Homeland Security Washington DC
Battelle–National Ecological Observatory Network, INSTAAR University of Colorado Boulder CO
European Regional Center for Ecohydrology Uniwersytet Lodzki Lodz Poland
Center for Resilient Communities University of Idaho Moscow ID, Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program University of Idaho Moscow ID

Publication Date:: Mon May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1464342

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Journal Volume: 16 Journal Issue: S1; Journal ID: ISSN 1540-9295

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Bourgeron, Patrick, Kliskey, Andrew, Alessa, Lilian, Loescher, Henry, Krauze, Kinga, Virapongse, Arika, and Griffith, David L. Understanding large‐scale, complex, human–environmental processes: a framework for social–ecological observatories.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Bourgeron, Patrick, Kliskey, Andrew, Alessa, Lilian, Loescher, Henry, Krauze, Kinga, Virapongse, Arika, & Griffith, David L. Understanding large‐scale, complex, human–environmental processes: a framework for social–ecological observatories.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1797

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                    Bourgeron, Patrick, Kliskey, Andrew, Alessa, Lilian, Loescher, Henry, Krauze, Kinga, Virapongse, Arika, and Griffith, David L. Mon .  
"Understanding large‐scale, complex, human–environmental processes: a framework for social–ecological observatories".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1797.

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  title        = {Understanding large‐scale, complex, human–environmental processes: a framework for social–ecological observatories},

  author       = {Bourgeron, Patrick and Kliskey, Andrew and Alessa, Lilian and Loescher, Henry and Krauze, Kinga and Virapongse, Arika and Griffith, David L.},

  abstractNote = {There is a growing consensus that transdisciplinary environmental networks are required to generate knowledge of the dynamics of coupled human–natural systems ( CHAN s) and to assess societal and policy consequences of complex environmental issues. Few of the existing large environmental observatory networks collect much, if any, data on the CHAN s coupling mechanisms, reaffirming the need to develop observing approaches and structures that address the interoperability of the diverse data being obtained from these systems. We review the characteristics of existing environmental observatories and similar initiatives used to monitor CHAN s, and identify opportunities for interoperability among them. From a synthesis of the characteristics of environmental networks representing a wide spectrum of research approaches and applications, a conceptual framework of a typical Social–Ecological Observatory ( SEO ) is presented to support long‐term, multi‐scaled CHAN s observations through a common set of principles for organizing the observatories. Finally, we identify three areas of emphasis where progress is needed to support the use and application of SEO s.},

  doi          = {10.1002/fee.1797},

  journal      = {Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment},

  number       = S1,

  volume       = 16,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Mon May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

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Integrating Social Science into the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network: Social Dimensions of Ecological Change and Ecological Dimensions of Social Change journal, March 2004

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Sustainable Engineering Science for Resolving Wicked Problems journal, September 2011

ECOLOGY: Ecology for a Crowded Planet journal, May 2004

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Long-Term Ecological Research in a Human-Dominated World journal, April 2012

Dilemmas in a general theory of planning journal, June 1973

Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges journal, February 2012

Shifting Public Values for Forest Management: Making Sense of Wicked Problems journal, January 1999

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Moving Towards a New Urban Systems Science journal, October 2016

Knowing But Not Doing: Selecting Priority Conservation Areas and the Research–Implementation Gap journal, June 2008

Big questions, big science: meeting the challenges of global ecology journal, February 2015

A Toolkit for Ecosystem Ecologists in the Time of Big Science journal, November 2016

Building a geocollaboratory: Supporting Human–Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) collaborative science activities journal, March 2006

Dossier : « À propos des relations natures/sociétés » − The shift toward social-ecological systems perspectives: insights into the human-nature relationship journal, April 2015

Ethnographic Research and the Problem of Data Reduction journal, March 1981

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The Australian Geoscience Data Cube — Foundations and lessons learned journal, December 2017

Comparison of Frameworks for Analyzing Social-ecological Systems journal, January 2013

The globalization of socio-ecological systems: An agenda for scientific research journal, August 2006

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Considering the energy, water and food nexus: Towards an integrated modelling approach journal, December 2011

Ecohealth and Resilience Thinking: A Dialog from Experiences in Research and Practice journal, January 2014

Design, science and wicked problems journal, November 2013

Widespread crown condition decline, food web disruption, and amplified tree mortality with increased climate change-type drought journal, January 2011

Developing and delivering scientific information in response to emerging needs journal, May 2007

A prototype system for multilingual data discovery of International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Network data journal, July 2017

Taking the pulse of a continent: expanding site-based research infrastructure for regional- to continental-scale ecology journal, March 2014

Global Income Inequality in Numbers: in History and Now journal, May 2013

Ecosystem services in decision making: time to deliver journal, February 2009

Support for Climate Change Policy: Social Psychological and Social Structural Influences* journal, June 2007

Resilience, experimentation, and scale mismatches in social-ecological landscapes journal, March 2012

Forest fragmentation, climate change and understory fire regimes on the Amazonian landscapes of the Xingu headwaters journal, March 2012

Toward an Integrated History to Guide the Future journal, January 2011

Macrocomparative Research Methods journal, August 1993

Sustaining the useful life of network governance: life cycles and developmental challenges journal, April 2016

Scale Mismatches in Social-Ecological Systems: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions journal, January 2006

The Modern Census: Evolution, Examples and Evaluation: The Modern Census
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Do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering?
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Changes in biodiversity and trade-offs among ecosystem services, stakeholders, and components of well-being: the contribution of the International Long-Term Ecological Research network (ILTER) to Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS)
journal, January 2016

Connecting people and places: the emerging role of network governance in large landscape conservation
journal, April 2016

A social-ecological systems approach for environmental management
journal, August 2016

Understanding leadership in a world of shared problems: advancing network governance in large landscape conservation
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Increasing Wildfire in Alaska's Boreal Forest: Pathways to Potential Solutions of a Wicked Problem
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Fostering ecological data sharing: collaborations in the International Long Term Ecological Research Network
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Opinion: Building a 21st-century infrastructure for the social sciences:
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Program on ecosystem change and society: an international research strategy for integrated social–ecological systems
journal, February 2012

Consequence of altered nitrogen cycles in the coupled human and ecological system under changing climate: The need for long-term and site-based research
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The effect of scientific evidence on conservation practitioners’ management decisions: Summarized Evidence Changes Management
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Linking Knowledge and Action for Sustainable Development
journal, November 2006

Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales
journal, February 2014

Using long-term ecosystem service and biodiversity data to study the impacts and adaptation options in response to climate change: insights from the global ILTER sites network
journal, March 2013

An integrated conceptual framework for long‐term social–ecological research
journal, November 2010

Improving the culture of interdisciplinary collaboration in ecology by expanding measures of success
journal, February 2014

A diagnostic procedure for applying the social-ecological systems framework in diverse cases
journal, January 2015

Community-based observing for social-ecological science: lessons from the Arctic
journal, January 2018

The Ecology of Team Science
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Regional analysis of social-ecological systems
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Towards an understanding of long-term ecosystem dynamics by merging socio-economic and environmental research
journal, August 2007

The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people
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Clarifying Integrative Research Concepts in Landscape Ecology
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International long-term ecological research: priorities and opportunities
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Synthesis and conclusions to the International Symposium on Ecohydrology, Biotechnology and Engineering: Towards Harmony between the Biogeosphere and Society on the basis of Long-Term Ecosystem Research
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Genesis, goals and achievements of Long-Term Ecological Research at the global scale: A critical review of ILTER and future directions
journal, June 2018

A science of integration: frameworks, processes, and products in a place-based, integrative study
journal, September 2016

Integrating Social Science into the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network: Social Dimensions of Ecological Change and Ecological Dimensions of Social Change
journal, March 2004

Long-term ecological research: re-inventing network science
journal, June 2008

Sustainable Engineering Science for Resolving Wicked Problems
journal, September 2011

ECOLOGY: Ecology for a Crowded Planet
journal, May 2004

The role of Indigenous science and local knowledge in integrated observing systems: moving toward adaptive capacity indices and early warning systems
journal, April 2015

Long-Term Ecological Research in a Human-Dominated World
journal, April 2012

Dilemmas in a general theory of planning
journal, June 1973

Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges
journal, February 2012

Shifting Public Values for Forest Management: Making Sense of Wicked Problems
journal, January 1999

Nations' income inequality predicts ambivalence in stereotype content: How societies mind the gap
journal, October 2012

Moving Towards a New Urban Systems Science
journal, October 2016

Knowing But Not Doing: Selecting Priority Conservation Areas and the Research–Implementation Gap
journal, June 2008

Big questions, big science: meeting the challenges of global ecology
journal, February 2015

A Toolkit for Ecosystem Ecologists in the Time of Big Science
journal, November 2016

Building a geocollaboratory: Supporting Human–Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) collaborative science activities
journal, March 2006

Dossier : « À propos des relations natures/sociétés » − The shift toward social-ecological systems perspectives: insights into the human-nature relationship
journal, April 2015

Ethnographic Research and the Problem of Data Reduction
journal, March 1981

How wide is the “knowing-doing” gap in invasion biology?
journal, July 2010

The Australian Geoscience Data Cube — Foundations and lessons learned
journal, December 2017

Comparison of Frameworks for Analyzing Social-ecological Systems
journal, January 2013

The globalization of socio-ecological systems: An agenda for scientific research
journal, August 2006

Harnessing the power of big data: infusing the scientific method with machine learning to transform ecology
journal, June 2014

Considering the energy, water and food nexus: Towards an integrated modelling approach
journal, December 2011

Ecohealth and Resilience Thinking: A Dialog from Experiences in Research and Practice
journal, January 2014

Design, science and wicked problems
journal, November 2013

Widespread crown condition decline, food web disruption, and amplified tree mortality with increased climate change-type drought
journal, January 2011

Developing and delivering scientific information in response to emerging needs
journal, May 2007

A prototype system for multilingual data discovery of International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Network data
journal, July 2017

Taking the pulse of a continent: expanding site-based research infrastructure for regional- to continental-scale ecology
journal, March 2014

Global Income Inequality in Numbers: in History and Now
journal, May 2013

Ecosystem services in decision making: time to deliver
journal, February 2009

Support for Climate Change Policy: Social Psychological and Social Structural Influences*
journal, June 2007

Resilience, experimentation, and scale mismatches in social-ecological landscapes
journal, March 2012

Forest fragmentation, climate change and understory fire regimes on the Amazonian landscapes of the Xingu headwaters
journal, March 2012

Toward an Integrated History to Guide the Future
journal, January 2011

Macrocomparative Research Methods
journal, August 1993

Sustaining the useful life of network governance: life cycles and developmental challenges
journal, April 2016

Scale Mismatches in Social-Ecological Systems: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
journal, January 2006