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ILTER Ecosystem Services Assessment project
Introduction to the ESA project
This proposal is the first network-level attempt by the ILTER network to address the linkages between ecosystem services (ES) and human outcomes and behavior, and how they influence each other in biomes. The work will be conducted by developing site-specific feedback models for one selected site representing a biome for each member network. The feedback model framework was developed in 2007 under the US-LTER strategic research initiative "Integrative Science for Society and the Environment" (ISSE) (Collins et al. 2007, Appendix 1) and by several workshops on land use and ES.
The general objective of the study is to address to what extent cultural differences in the perception and use of ecosystem services constrain the resilience of social-ecological systems (SES). This objective will be met by comparing the use of ecosystem services (ES) as a function of perceived changes in the delivery of these ES in the same biome in different cultural settings.
To synthesize available knowledge on all study sites, the ISSE framework will be implemented to identify and characterize the relationships among social and ecological influences related to changes in the ES provided in the study areas.
You can find documents and other information relating to this project in this section of the website. Navigate the subfolders using the links in the main menu to the left. Quick links to some items are shown in the 'Related content' section below. A good place to start is to read this introduction:
