[HTML][HTML] How to make ecological models useful for environmental management

N Schuwirth, F Borgwardt, S Domisch, M Friedrichs… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding and predicting the ecological consequences of different management
alternatives is becoming increasingly important to support environmental management …

Towards the review of the European Union Water Framework Directive: recommendations for more efficient assessment and management of chemical contamination …

W Brack, V Dulio, M Ågerstrand, I Allan… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water is a vital resource for natural ecosystems and human life, and assuring a high quality
of water and protecting it from chemical contamination is a major societal goal in the …

www. freshwaterecology. info–an online tool that unifies, standardises and codifies more than 20,000 European freshwater organisms and their ecological …

A Schmidt-Kloiber, D Hering - Ecological Indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
Species' ecological preferences are progressively important for understanding distribution
patterns, for conserving biodiversity or for assessing and evaluating the status of freshwater …

Chemical mixtures and multiple stressors: same but different?

RB Schäfer, M Jackson… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems are strongly influenced by multiple anthropogenic stressors, including a wide
range of chemicals and their mixtures. Studies on the effects of multiple stressors have …

Harnessing ecological theory to enhance ecosystem restoration

BR Silliman, MJS Hensel, JP Gibert, P Daleo, CS Smith… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Ecosystem restoration can increase the health and resilience of nature and humanity. As a
result, the international community is championing habitat restoration as a primary solution …

The importance of ecological networks in multiple-stressor research and management

A Bruder, A Frainer, T Rota… - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Multiple stressors are increasingly affecting organisms and communities, thereby modifying
ecosystems' state and functioning. Raising awareness about the threat from multiple …

Bayesian parameter inference for individual-based models using a Particle Markov Chain Monte Carlo method

M Kattwinkel, P Reichert - Environmental modelling & software, 2017 - Elsevier
Parameter estimation for agent-based and individual-based models (ABMs/IBMs) is often
performed by manual tuning and model uncertainty assessment is often ignored. Bayesian …

A modelling framework to assess the effect of pressures on river abiotic habitat conditions and biota

J Kail, B Guse, J Radinger, M Schröder, J Kiesel… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
River biota are affected by global reach-scale pressures, but most approaches for predicting
biota of rivers focus on river reach or segment scale processes and habitats. Moreover …

Species distribution models grounded in ecological theory for decision support in river management

E Bennetsen, S Gobeyn, PLM Goethals - Ecological Modelling, 2016 - Elsevier
Species distribution modelling has gained importance since the introduction of the Water
Framework Directive. Several efforts have been made for the development of decision …

Modeling macroinvertebrate community dynamics in stream mesocosms contaminated with a pesticide

M Kattwinkel, P Reichert, J Rüegg… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Modeling community dynamics of aquatic invertebrates is an important but challenging task,
in particular in ecotoxicological risk assessment. Systematic parameter estimation and …