Simulating social-ecological systems: the Island Digital Ecosystem Avatars (IDEA) consortium.

Journal Article

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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Duke Authors

Hench, James

Cited Authors

Davies, N; Field, D; Gavaghan, D; Holbrook, SJ; Planes, S; Troyer, M; Bonsall, M; Claudet, J; Roderick, G; Schmitt, RJ; Zettler, LA; Berteaux, V; Bossin, HC; Cabasse, C; Collin, A; Deck, J; Dell, T; Dunne, J; Gates, R; Harfoot, M; Hench, JL; Hopuare, M; Kirch, P; Kotoulas, G; Kosenkov, A; Kusenko, A; Leichter, JJ; Lenihan, H; Magoulas, A; Martinez, N; Meyer, C; Stoll, B; Swalla, B; Tartakovsky, DM; Murphy, HT; Turyshev, S; Valdvinos, F; Williams, R; Wood, S; IDEA Consortium,

Published Date

January 2016

Published In

GigaScience

Volume / Issue

Start / End Page

14 -

PubMed ID

26998258

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

2047-217X

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

2047-217X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1186/s13742-016-0118-5

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