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dc.contributor.authorSigdel, Ram P.
dc.contributor.authorAnand, Madhur
dc.contributor.authorBauch, Chris T.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-24 14:18:59 (GMT)
dc.date.available2018-09-24 14:18:59 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2018-04-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1101/296202
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/13907
dc.descriptionbioRxiv preprint first posted online Apr. 6, 2018; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/296202. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not peer-reviewed) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.en
dc.description.abstractIt is widely recognized that coupled socio-ecological dynamics can be qualitatively different from the dynamics of social or ecological systems in isolation from one another. The influence of the type of ecological dynamics on the dynamics of the larger socio-ecological system is less well studied, however. Here, we carry out such a comparison using a mathematical model of a common pool resource problem. A population must make decisions about harvesting a renewable resource. Individuals may either be cooperators, who harvest at a sustainable level, or defectors, who over-harvest. Cooperators punish defectors through social ostracism. Individuals can switch strategies according the costs and benefits of harvesting and the strength of social ostracism. These mechanisms are represented by a differential equation for social dynamics which is coupled to three different types of resource dynamics: logistic growth, constant inflow, and threshold growth. We find that when human influence is sufficiently weak, the form of natural dynamics leaves a strong imprint on the socio-ecological dynamics, and human social dynamics are qualitatively very different from natural dynamics. However, stronger human influence introduces a broad intermediate parameter regime where dynamical patterns converge to a common type: the three types of ecological systems exhibit similar dynamics, but also, social and ecological dynamics strongly mirror one another. This is a consequence of stronger coupling and is reminiscent of synchrony from other fields, such as the classic problem of coupled oscillators in physics. Socio-ecological convergence has implications for how we understand and manage complex socio-ecological systems. In an era of growing human influence on ecological systems, further empirical and theoretical work is required to determine whether socio-ecological convergence is present in real systems.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectcommon-pool resourcesen
dc.subjectcooperative harvestingen
dc.subjectsocial ostracismen
dc.subjecthuman-environment systemsen
dc.subjectsocio-ecological convergenceen
dc.subjectevolutionary game theoryen
dc.titleConvergence of socio-ecological dynamics in disparate ecological systems under strong coupling to human social systemsen
dc.typePreprinten
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSigdel, R., Anand, M., & Bauch, C. (2018). Convergence of socio-ecological dynamics in disparate ecological systems under strong coupling to human social systems. BioRxiv, 296202. https://doi.org/10.1101/296202en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Mathematicsen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Applied Mathematicsen
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uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen


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