Manuel Pacheco RomeroLeuphana University Lüneburg
Manuel Pacheco Romero
Environmental Sciences
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The spatial mapping of social-ecological system (SES) archetypes constitutes a fundamental tool to operationalize the SES concept in empirical research. Approaches to detect, map, and characterize SES archetypes have evolved over the last decade towards more integrative and comparable perspectives guided by SES conceptual frameworks and reference l...
Archetype analysis is a key tool in landscape and sustainability research to organize social-ecological complexity and to identify social-ecological systems (SESs). While inductive archetype analysis can characterize the diversity of SESs within a region, deductively derived archetypes have greater interpretative power to compare across regions. He...
Water is the main limiting factor for groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) in drylands. Predicted climate change (precipitation reductions and temperature increases) and anthropogenic activities such as groundwater drawdown jeopardise the functioning of these ecosystems, presenting new challenges for their management. We developed a trait-based...
The variation of plant functional traits, from the cell to the whole-plant level, is a central question in trait-based ecology with regard to understanding ecological strategies and adaptations that result from environmental drivers. Here, we analyzed whole-plant and leaf traits of the phreatophyte Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam., a long-lived shrub that...
The social-ecological system (SES) approach is fundamental for addressing global change challenges and to developing sustainability science. Over the last two decades, much progress has been made in translating this approach from theory to practice, although the knowledge generated is still sparse and difficult to compare. To better understand how...
El hábitat prioritario 5220 dominado por Ziziphus lotus ha experimentado en las últimas décadas en España un gran retroceso de su área de distribución y un grave deterioro de su funcionamiento. A pesar del conocimiento generado por parte de los investigadores para su puesta en valor, gestión y conservación, éste difícilmente permea en el ámbito de...
Sustainability science recognizes the importance of the integrated assessment of the ecological and social systems in land-use planning. However, most studies so far have been conceptual rather than empirical. We developed a framework to characterize the social-ecological systems heterogeneity according to its functioning through the identification...
Las perspectivas de conservación de la biodiversidad han evolucionado desde puntos de vista centrados en las especies y los ecosistemas prístinos, hacia enfoques que reconocen la complejidad de las relaciones entre los humanos y la naturaleza. Ello ha llevado a la generación de conflictos y debates que deben ser resueltos para poner en marcha polít...
Decision makers are increasingly interested in information from ecosystem services (ES) assessments. Scientists have for long recognised the importance of selecting appropriate indicators. Yet, while the amount and variety of indicators developed by scientists seems to increase continuously, the extent to which the indicators truly inform decision...
Challenges that humanity face in the Anthropocene require new conceptual frameworks to better understand the linkages and feedbacks between society and nature. The ecosystem services framework constitutes a powerful approach for understanding human dependence on both natural and societal capital. Currently, new operational frameworks are needed for...
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The 15th of December 2016 we release the second round of this survey. This new version is the result of gathering and analyzing the expert opinions of nearly 60 researchers from all over the world. With all this feedback, we have improved the list of candidate variables to be proposed as ESEFVs (Essential Social-Ecological Functional Variables). However, we still need your expert knowledge to make progress on the list configuration. Please, check, punctuate and comment the new list [the link is below].
Learn more about the E&SEFT Project in functionaltypes.caescg.org.
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The overall goal of this project is to develop a conceptual and methodological framework to identify and map Socio-Ecosystem Functional Types as a way to provide an integrative functional characterization of both the biophysical and human components of the socioecological system that can be used for Earth System and Ecosystem Services modelling.
Project website: http://functionaltypes.caescg.org/
Online survey v2.0 on Essential Social-Ecological Functional Variables (second round starts on the 15th December 2016):
https://goo.gl/forms/EHrCzpL2GtRmtSax2
We aim to propose a new concept, Socio-Ecosystem Functional Types (SEFTs), defined as “patches of the land surface that share both similar dynamics of matter and energy exchanges between the biota and the physical environment, and similar socioeconomic and cultural patterns and dynamics”. SEFTs will provide a new framework to integrate the functional characterization of biophysical and human processes of socio-ecological systems into an operational product. We will first develop a more comprehensive and hierarchical identification of Ecosystem Functional Types that incorporates carbon, radiation, heat, and water exchanges. Then, we will carry out literature reviews, experts surveys and workshops to identify the key processes and feasible indicators that characterize the socioeconomic and cultural patterns and dynamics that operate in the land surface. The central objective will be to develop a conceptual and methodological framework that integrates the biophysical, socioeconomic and cultural indicators into a hierarchical functional classification of social-ecological systems (SEFTs).
Each SEFT will have an objective parameterization based on the input variables used in its definition that can be linked to the related supply and demand of the intermediate ecosystem services. This offers the potential of mapping land patches in terms of service providing units and service benefitting areas. In addition, thanks to the use of a common protocol, SEFTs will be comparable across regions, years and spatial scales. This opens an straightforward way to reveal driving forces between the biophysical and human dynamics, to track the role of people in Earth system, and to evaluate sustainability in the Anthropocene.
