Bayesian belief networks: applications in ecology and natural resource management

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 3053-3062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert K McCann ◽  
Bruce G Marcot ◽  
Rick Ellis

In this introduction to the following series of papers on Bayesian belief networks (BBNs) we briefly summarize BBNs, review their application in ecology and natural resource management, and provide an overview of the papers in this section. We suggest that BBNs are useful tools for representing expert knowledge of an ecosystem, evaluating potential effects of alternative management decisions, and communicating with nonexperts about making natural resource management decisions. BBNs can be used effectively to represent uncertainty in understanding and variability in ecosystem response, and the influence of uncertainty and variability on costs and benefits assigned to model outcomes or decisions associated with natural resource management. BBN tools also lend themselves well to an adaptive-management framework by posing testable management hypotheses and incorporating new knowledge to evaluate existing management guidelines.

2020 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 06005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayer Cabrera-Flores ◽  
Josué López-Leyva ◽  
Marta Peris-Ortiz ◽  
Armando Orozco-Moreno ◽  
Jorge Francisco-Sánchez ◽  
...  

This paper presents an innovative natural resource management framework for the wine industry based on the Penta-Helix Model and Open Innovation features. As an initial activity, a particular survey was designed in order to be applied to a lot of companies to determine the necessities perception related to the elements of sustainable competitiveness. In fact, the evaluation of sustainable competitiveness is the key to the innovate framework proposed. Considering the results related to the elements of sustainable competitiveness (i.e. natural capital, social capital, intellectual capital and governance efficiency), a flow chart for innovative natural resource management as a first stage is proposed as part of a complete framework called Penta-Helix stakeholder management. In particular, water availability and quality is the most important challenge detected related to natural resource management.


2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 978-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Wainger ◽  
Dennis M. King ◽  
Richard N. Mack ◽  
Elizabeth W. Price ◽  
Thomas Maslin

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