GC074
Resilience in an era of climate change…what does that even mean?
Session ID#: 82457
Session Description:
Fostering resilience in an era of climate change is a noble goal that is increasingly explicit in ecosystem and habitat management, agriculture and agroecosystems, urban planning, public health, coastal management, industry and business, infrastructure and transportation, and the military missions. However, across these sectors and many more, resilience is often interpreted and used quite differently. Moser et al. (2019) recently conducted a meta-analysis on the term, grouping resilience concepts into three broad categories: process, system trait, or outcome. This session seeks examples of resilience (or lack of resilience) in each of these categories and across many sectors. How was resilience defined and measured? Was it viewed as conferring persistence or transformation? Was it only observed and reported or also enhanced through intervention? The intent of this session is to improve cross-discipline communication and learning by demonstrating the diversity of science and practice as we interact with concepts of resilience.
Index Terms:
0402 Agricultural systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
Primary Convener: Chris Swanston, USDA Forest Service, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, Houghton, MI, United States
Conveners: Caitriana M Steele1, Emile Elias1 and Randi Johnson2, (1)New Mexico State Univ, Las Cruces, NM, United States(2)USDA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison: Chris Swanston, USDA Forest Service, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, Houghton, MI, United States
A synthesis of ecosystem aboveground productivity and its process variables under simulated drought stress (485842)
Linlin Zhang1, Jiangbo Gao1, Ze Tang1 and Shaohong Wu2, (1)Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China, (2)IGSNRR Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China
The turbulent world of resilience: interpretations and themes for transdisciplinary dialogue 488251 (Invited) (488251)
Emily Jack-Scott1, Susanne C Moser2, Sara Meerow3 and James C Arnott1, (1)Aspen Global Change Institute, Washington, DC, United States, (2)S. Moser Research & Consulting, Hadley, MA, United States, (3)Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning (SGSUP), Tempe, AZ, United States
Resilience and the unfortunate potential for doublespeak in ecosystem management (538820)
Chris Swanston, USDA Forest Service, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, Houghton, MI, United States and Todd Ontl, US Forest Service, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, Houghton, MI, United States
An Ecological Resilience Assessment to Inform Restoration of the Upper Mississippi River System (Invited) (541460)
Kristen Bouska, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, LaCrosse, WI, United States, Jeff Houser, USGS, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, LaCrosse, WI, United States and Nathan De Jager, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, United States
The evolution of partnerships and their role in building resilience in the first five years of the USDA Climate Hub Network (547385)
Emile Elias, USDA-ARS Jornada Exp. Range, Las Cruces, NM, United States, Caitriana M Steele, New Mexico State Univ, Las Cruces, NM, United States, Julian Reyes, USDA Southwest Climate hub, Las Cruces, United States and Helena Deswood, New Mexico State University Main Campus, Las Cruces, NM, United States
Will seemingly redundant predator communities maintain stable biological control in the future? (547638)
Ben Feit, SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, Nico Blüthgen, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, Michael Traugott, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Cory Straub, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, United States and Mattias Jonsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
What makes southwestern communities resilient to climate change? (624120)
Caitriana M Steele1, Paul Gutierrez2, Sierra Aney2, Emile Elias1, Julian Reyes3 and Helena Deswood4, (1)USDA Southwest Climate Hub, Las Cruces, NM, United States, (2)New Mexico State University Main Campus, Las Cruces, United States, (3)USDA Southwest Climate hub, Las Cruces, United States, (4)New Mexico State University Main Campus, Las Cruces, NM, United States
