Gregory A. Kiker

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis tool was developed to simulate primary productivity and crop yields for both present and possible future climate conditions, where Southern Africa was delineated into 712 relatively homogeneous climate zones, each with specific climate, soil and vegetation response information.

TL;DR: This work suggests that probability distribution functions in output from global sensitivity and uncertainty analysis can be interpreted in terms of ball-and-cup diagrams used in systems theory to visualize ecological resilience, which permits quantification of ecological resilience in termsof whether a system will remain in a pre-existing state or shift to a different state.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Bayesian belief network was developed to integrate the results of this assessment into an interactive management scenario evaluation tool, and the four year effort resulted in the development of a research and management coordination network in South Florida that should provide the foundation for implementing ecosystem-based resource management across multiple agencies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of rainfall changes and competition from wildlife on cattle and small stock populations was investigated using the SAVANNA model, and six scenarios were compared for a 350 km2 area (Venetia-Limpopo Nature Reserve) for a 280 yrs simulation period.

TL;DR: It is found that alternatives designed to reconstruct the pre-drainage flow may have a positive ecological impact, but may also have high operational costs and only marginally contribute to meeting other objectives such as reduction of flooding.