Insights for managers from modeling species interactions across multiple scales in an idealized landscape
An agent-based model demonstrates the effects of connectivity on tri-trophic interactions on a simplified landscape. The model provides information as to how management interventions can change species persistence on a dynamic landscape. The model examines the ramifications of decision-making based upon information at two different scales. Additionally, the results compare decision-making based on three types of monitoring. The discussion situates the results in the language and practice of adaptive management.
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