BookMartin Drechsler.
Summary: "Ecologists and economists both use models to help develop strategies for biodiversity management. The practical use of disciplinary models, however, can be limited because ecological models tend not to address the socioeconomic dimension of biodiversity management, whereas economic models tend to neglect the ecological dimension. Given these shortcomings of disciplinary models, there is a necessity to combine ecological and economic knowledge into ecological-economic models. Gradually guiding the reader into the field of ecological-economic modelling by introducing mathematical models and their role in general, this book provides an overview on ecological and economic modelling approaches relevant for research in the field of biodiversity conservation. It discusses the advantages of and challenges associated with ecological-economic modelling, together with an overview of useful ways of integration. Although being a book about mathematical modelling, ecological and economic concepts play an equally important role, making the book accessible for readers from very different disciplinary backgrounds"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
What is a model?
Purposes of modelling
Typical model features
Homogenous deterministic population models
Homogenous stochastic population models
Spatial population models
Models with individual variability
Models of biodiversity
Instruments for biodiversity conservation
Game theory
Incentive design
Modelling human decisions
The agglomeration bonus
Foundations of ecological- foundations of ecological-economic modelling
Benefits and challenges of ecological-economic modelling
Integration of ecological and economic models
Examples of ecological-economic modelling
Outlook.