Changing Perceptions and Actions in Response to Forest Disturbance by Mountain Pine Beetles in North Central Colorado
Changing Perceptions and Actions in Response to Forest Disturbance by Mountain Pine Beetles in North Central Colorado
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DOI：
10.1093/jofore/fvab020
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发表时间：
2021-04-27
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Flint, Courtney G.
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作者：
Qin, Hua;Brenkert-Smith, Hannah;Flint, Courtney G.
由昆虫、病原体和火灾引起的森林干扰在美国和世界各地的森林中继续越来越多地发生。鉴于这些森林干扰的动态性质和当地居民在风险管理中所扮演的角色，探索与这些生态过程相关的人类经验，态度和行为如何随着时间的推移而演变是有价值的。在本文中，我们评估当地居民的看法和行动的时间变化，以应对山松甲虫爆发，影响大片的森林中北部科罗拉多。通过分析2007年和2018年的二次和家庭调查数据，我们注意到这些方面的重大变化，并确定了与个人和社区活动相关的因素。这项研究有助于了解动态的社会生态因素的森林干扰，提高社会科学如何帮助确定机会和障碍，有效的森林生态系统management.Study的影响：本研究的重点是动态的社会过程有关的森林干扰山松甲虫（MPB）在中北部科罗拉多。有证据表明，当地对MPB爆发的风险认识和应对行动随着时间的推移而变化。了解这些动态及其影响因素，可以为支持森林健康和社区福祉的管理战略提供信息。社区的生物物理和社会经济脆弱性背景也在影响当地观念和行动的变化方面发挥重要作用。因此，成功的森林生态系统管理依赖于明确关注社会复杂性和时间效应的方法。
Forest disturbances caused by insects, pathogens, and fire continue to increasingly occur within forests across the United States and around the world. Given the dynamic nature of these forest disturbances and the role played by local residents in risk management, it is valuable to explore how the human experience, attitudes, and behaviors associated with these ecological processes may evolve over time. In this paper, we assess temporal changes in local residents' perceptions and actions in response to the mountain pine beetle outbreak that affected large swaths of forests in north central Colorado. Through analyses of secondary and household survey data from 2007 and 2018, we note significant changes in these aspects and identify factors consistently associated with individual and community activeness. The study contributes to knowledge of dynamic socioecological considerations of forest disturbances and improves understanding of how social sciences can help to identify opportunities and barriers to effective forest ecosystem management.Study Implications: This study focuses on the dynamic social processes related to forest disturbance by mountain pine beetles (MPB) in north central Colorado. Evidence demonstrates that local risk perceptions and actions in response to the MPB outbreak change over time. Understandings of such dynamics and their influencing factors can inform management strategies that support both forest health and community well-being. Communities' biophysical and socioeconomic vulnerability contexts also play an important role in shaping changes in local perceptions and actions. Successful forest ecosystem management thus relies on approaches that explicitly attend to social complexity and temporal effects.