Title |
Simulating social-ecological systems: the Island Digital Ecosystem Avatars (IDEA) consortium
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Published in |
Giga Science, March 2016
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DOI | 10.1186/s13742-016-0118-5 |
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Authors |
Neil Davies, Dawn Field, David Gavaghan, Sally J. Holbrook, Serge Planes, Matthias Troyer, Michael Bonsall, Joachim Claudet, George Roderick, Russell J. Schmitt, Linda Amaral Zettler, Véronique Berteaux, Hervé C. Bossin, Charlotte Cabasse, Antoine Collin, John Deck, Tony Dell, Jennifer Dunne, Ruth Gates, Mike Harfoot, James L. Hench, Marania Hopuare, Patrick Kirch, Georgios Kotoulas, Alex Kosenkov, Alex Kusenko, James J. Leichter, Hunter Lenihan, Antonios Magoulas, Neo Martinez, Chris Meyer, Benoit Stoll, Billie Swalla, Daniel M. Tartakovsky, Hinano Teavai Murphy, Slava Turyshev, Fernanda Valdvinos, Rich Williams, Spencer Wood, IDEA Consortium |
Abstract |
Systems biology promises to revolutionize medicine, yet human wellbeing is also inherently linked to healthy societies and environments (sustainability). The IDEA Consortium is a systems ecology open science initiative to conduct the basic scientific research needed to build use-oriented simulations (avatars) of entire social-ecological systems. Islands are the most scientifically tractable places for these studies and we begin with one of the best known: Moorea, French Polynesia. The Moorea IDEA will be a sustainability simulator modeling links and feedbacks between climate, environment, biodiversity, and human activities across a coupled marine-terrestrial landscape. As a model system, the resulting knowledge and tools will improve our ability to predict human and natural change on Moorea and elsewhere at scales relevant to management/conservation actions. |
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United States | 2 | 22% |
France | 1 | 11% |
Hong Kong | 1 | 11% |
Djibouti | 1 | 11% |
Unknown | 2 | 22% |
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Scientists | 4 | 44% |
Members of the public | 2 | 22% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 22% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
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United States | 1 | 1% |
Germany | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 93 | 97% |
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Researcher | 24 | 25% |
Student > Master | 12 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 11% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 5% |
Student > Bachelor | 4 | 4% |
Other | 15 | 16% |
Unknown | 25 | 26% |
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Environmental Science | 21 | 22% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 20% |
Computer Science | 6 | 6% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 3% |
Other | 18 | 19% |
Unknown | 25 | 26% |