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Environmental Modelling and Software 25, 11 (2010) 1399-1412
A Co-Modelling Process Of Social And Natural Dynamics On The Isle Of Ouessant: Sheep, Turf And Bikes
Mathias Rouan 1, Christian Kerbiriou 2, Harold Levrel 3, Michel Etienne 4
For the IFB : Organisation de l'accès aux ressources et biodiversité : application aux Réserves de Biosphère françaises collaboration(s)
(2010)

An interdisciplinary team has applied the multi-agent system formalism to study shrub encroachment in the Biosphere Reserve on the isle of Ouessant. The main goals were (1) to understand vegetation dynamics, and (2) to represent how main agents, or actors view the dynamics of natural resources in relation to their own living practices. The management strategies established for each type of stakeholders were formalised and the impact of these strategies on biodiversity was analyzed at various temporal and spatial scales. Following a short description of the model, three aspects of the modelling process are discussed in more detail: the use of the chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) population as a representative variable for the interactions between stakeholders and territory, the use of nonmonetary economic indicators, and the ways that multi-disciplinary scientific knowledge can be integrated into the model.
1:  Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique (LETG - Géomer)
CNRS : UMR6554 – Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) – Université de Caen Basse-Normandie – Université de Nantes – Université de Rennes II - Haute Bretagne – Université d'Angers – Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM)
2:  Conservation des espèces, restauration et suivi des populations (CERSP)
CNRS : UMR5173 – Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Paris VI
3:  AMURE-Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer (UMR-AMURE)
Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) – Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) – Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM)
4:  Unité de recherche d'Écodéveloppement (ECODEVELOPPEMENT)
Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) : UR0767
Computer Science/Modeling and Simulation
Companion modelling – Agent-based model – Biodiversity – Social dynamics – Shrub encroachment – Biosphere Reserve
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