Expert elicitation is a useful tool to explore sources of uncertainty and to answer questions
where data are expensive or difficult to collect. It has been used across a variety of …

The deep sea hosts some of the world's largest, oldest, and most sensitive ecosystems.
Climate change and ocean acidification are likely to have severe implications for many deep …

The wild boar is an invasive ecosystem engineer in Argentina that has lacked sufficient
basic information to determine applied actions. The current distribution, impacts and …

Wildlife managers are tasked with identifying and managing stressors that threaten
persistence of populations. We demonstrate an approach to land‐use planning that …

Adaptation options in response to climate impact scenarios for marine mammals and
seabirds were developed based on the IPCC vulnerability framework. Under this framework …

The evaluation of ecosystem quality is inherently subjective, requiring decisions about which
variables to notice or measure, and how these variables are integrated into a coherent …

Despite projections of biodiversity loss and proposed adaptations to climate change, few
data exist on the feasibility and effectiveness of adaptation strategies in minimizing …

The main objective of evidence‐based management is to promote use of scientific data in
the decision‐making process of managers, with data either complementing or replacing …

The high level of uncertainty inherent in natural resource management requires planners to
apply comprehensive risk analyses, often in situations where there are few resources. In this …

Complexity and uncertainty are inherent in social-ecological systems. Although they can
create challenges for scientists and decision makers, they cannot be a reason for delaying …