Index
321
Bayesian belief networks, 137
Benchmarks, 50, 92–93
Best technology available (BTA),
46–47
Biodiversity, 125
Bioregional assessments, 83
C
Calibration, 175–176, 177
Case-specific models, developing new,
256
Case studies
endangered-species recovery, 27–39
library of, 103
using new ecological modeling for
resource management, 154–158
Chestnut blight, 72
Clean Water Act of 1972, 46
Climate, regional impacts of enhanced
greenhouse effects on, 294–295
Climate change, global, 292–296
Collaboration tools, 228
Collaborative decision making, 117
Communicating model assumptions,
154
Communicating model structure and
output, 150–154
Communication
establishing good, 315–316
interpretation of models and, 276
model, 98–99
Communication barriers, 110–111
Communication modes, global, 310–
311
A
Access policy recommendations, 204
Accuracy, 97
Adverse environmental impact (AEI),
46–47, 61–62
Afghanistan, 304, 306
African Sahel, 298
Agent-based models, 140–141
Aggregation, 96
Air pollution, 72
Alternative futures, exploring, 317–318
Aquatic-impact-assessment measures,
tree of, 49, 58
Artificial intelligence (AI), 150–151
Assessment endpoints, 49
Assumptions, 154, 314
Atelier courses, 277–278
ATLSS (Across Trophic Level System
Simulation) project, 158
Autocorrelation, 197–198
B
Barriers
addressing, 89
communication, 110–111
institutional, 111–112
overcoming, in resource
management, 89–105
solutions for overcoming, 117–119
to specific players in decision-making
process, 115–116
types of, 110–115
to use of ecological modeling for
resource management, 109–120