Simulating social-ecological systems: the Island Digital Ecosystem Avatars (IDEA) consortium
- Davies, Neil;
- Field, Dawn;
- Gavaghan, David;
- Holbrook, Sally J;
- Planes, Serge;
- Troyer, Matthias;
- Bonsall, Michael;
- Claudet, Joachim;
- Roderick, George;
- Schmitt, Russell J;
- Zettler, Linda Amaral;
- Berteaux, Veronique;
- Bossin, Herve C;
- Cabasse, Charlotte;
- Collin, Antoine;
- Deck, John;
- Dell, Tony;
- Dunne, Jennifer;
- Gates, Ruth;
- Harfoot, Mike;
- Hench, James L;
- Hopuare, Marania;
- Kirch, Patrick;
- Kotoulas, Georgios;
- Kosenkov, Alex;
- Kusenko, Alex;
- Leichter, James J;
- Lenihan, Hunter;
- Magoulas, Antonios;
- Martinez, Neo;
- Meyer, Chris;
- Stoll, Benoit;
- Swalla, Billie;
- Tartakovsky, Daniel M;
- Murphy, Hinano Teavai;
- Turyshev, Slava;
- Valdvinos, Fernanda;
- Williams, Rich;
- Wood, Spencer
- et al.
Published Web Location
https://gigascience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13742-016-0118-5Abstract
Systems biology promises to revolutionize medicine, yet human wellbeing is also inherently linked to healthy societies and environments (sustainability). The IDEA Consortium is a systems ecology open science initiative to conduct the basic scientific research needed to build use-oriented simulations (avatars) of entire social-ecological systems. Islands are the most scientifically tractable places for these studies and we begin with one of the best known: Moorea, French Polynesia. The Moorea IDEA will be a sustainability simulator modeling links and feedbacks between climate, environment, biodiversity, and human activities across a coupled marine–terrestrial landscape. As a model system, the resulting knowledge and tools will improve our ability to predict human and natural change on Moorea and elsewhere at scales relevant to management/conservation actions.