Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation Export

@article{citeulike:4877624, abstract = {10.1073/pnas.0902327106 Managed relocation (MR) has rapidly emerged as a potential intervention strategy in the toolbox of biodiversity management under climate change. Previous authors have suggested that MR (also referred to as assisted colonization, assisted migration, or assisted translocation) could be a last-alternative option after interrogating a linear decision tree. We argue that numerous interacting and value-laden considerations demand a more inclusive strategy for evaluating MR. The pace of modern climate change demands decision making with imperfect information, and tools that elucidate this uncertainty and integrate scientific information and social values are urgently needed. We present a heuristic tool that incorporates both ecological and social criteria in a multidimensional decision-making framework. For visualization purposes, we collapse these criteria into 4 classes that can be depicted in graphical 2-D space. This framework offers a pragmatic approach for summarizing key dimensions of MR: capturing uncertainty in the evaluation criteria, creating transparency in the evaluation process, and recognizing the inherent tradeoffs that different stakeholders bring to evaluation of MR and its alternatives.}, author = {Richardson, David M. and Hellmann, Jessica J. and Mclachlan, Jason S. and Sax, Dov F. and Schwartz, Mark W. and Gonzalez, Patrick and Brennan, Jean E. and Camacho, Alejandro and Root, Terry L. and Sala, Osvaldo E. and Schneider, Stephen H. and Ashe, Daniel M. and Clark, Jamie R. and Early, Regan and Etterson, Julie R. and Fielder, Dwight E. and Gill, Jacquelyn L. and Minteer, Ben A. and Polasky, Stephen and Safford, Hugh D. and Thompson, Andrew R. and Vellend, Mark}, citeulike-article-id = {4877624}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902327106}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/106/24/9721.short.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/106/24/9721.short.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19509337}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19509337}, day = {16}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0902327106}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {adaptation, climate-change}, month = {June}, number = {24}, pages = {9721--9724}, posted-at = {2009-06-17 06:57:00}, priority = {2}, title = {Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902327106}, volume = {106}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4877624 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4877624 N2 - 10.1073/pnas.0902327106 Managed relocation (MR) has rapidly emerged as a potential intervention strategy in the toolbox of biodiversity management under climate change. Previous authors have suggested that MR (also referred to as assisted colonization, assisted migration, or assisted translocation) could be a last-alternative option after interrogating a linear decision tree. We argue that numerous interacting and value-laden considerations demand a more inclusive strategy for evaluating MR. The pace of modern climate change demands decision making with imperfect information, and tools that elucidate this uncertainty and integrate scientific information and social values are urgently needed. We present a heuristic tool that incorporates both ecological and social criteria in a multidimensional decision-making framework. For visualization purposes, we collapse these criteria into 4 classes that can be depicted in graphical 2-D space. This framework offers a pragmatic approach for summarizing key dimensions of MR: capturing uncertainty in the evaluation criteria, creating transparency in the evaluation process, and recognizing the inherent tradeoffs that different stakeholders bring to evaluation of MR and its alternatives. IS - 24 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences EP - 9724 TI - Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation VL - 106 SP - 9721 KW - adaptation KW - climate-change AU - Richardson, David AU - Hellmann, Jessica AU - Mclachlan, Jason AU - Sax, Dov AU - Schwartz, Mark AU - Gonzalez, Patrick AU - Brennan, Jean AU - Camacho, Alejandro AU - Root, Terry AU - Sala, Osvaldo AU - Schneider, Stephen AU - Ashe, Daniel AU - Clark, Jamie AU - Early, Regan AU - Etterson, Julie AU - Fielder, Dwight AU - Gill, Jacquelyn AU - Minteer, Ben AU - Polasky, Stephen AU - Safford, Hugh AU - Thompson, Andrew AU - Vellend, Mark PY - 2009/06/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902327106 ER -