Natural resource system size can be used for managing recreational use
Outdoor recreation provides societal benefits that are often measured by the amount of use natural resource systems receive. Still, the amount of resource use natural resource systems receive is often unknown or unstudied. Monitoring and quantifying resource use is often logistically difficult and c...
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| author | Derek S. Kane Kevin L. Pope Keith D. Koupal Mark A. Pegg Christopher J. Chizinski Mark A. Kaemingk |
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| description | Outdoor recreation provides societal benefits that are often measured by the amount of use natural resource systems receive. Still, the amount of resource use natural resource systems receive is often unknown or unstudied. Monitoring and quantifying resource use is often logistically difficult and costly but is paramount to optimize societal benefits. Identifying a simple and readily available metric that can indicate the quantity of recreational use of natural resource systems would benefit natural resource management. Using recreational angler participation data during an 11-year study period from 73 public waterbodies in Nebraska, USA, we developed a resource size-use model that demonstrates the ability of natural resource system size to indicate the quantity of recreational use they receive. We demonstrate how resource size-use models can estimate use for unsampled systems, produce broad-scale estimations of use, guide the allocation of resources, and predict how changes in resource system size may affect use. Resource size-use models provide opportunities to manage recreational use, which has been previously elusive for social-ecological systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb1ac5cfdf5b40d583089599d8dc4f392022-12-22T02:48:55ZengElsevierEcological Indicators1470-160X2022-12-01145109711Natural resource system size can be used for managing recreational useDerek S. Kane0Kevin L. Pope1Keith D. Koupal2Mark A. Pegg3Christopher J. Chizinski4Mark A. Kaemingk5Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA; Corresponding author at: 404 Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdrege Street, Lincoln, NE 68583-0984, USA.U.S. Geological Survey—Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USANebraska Game and Parks Commission, Fisheries Division, Kearney, NE 68847, USASchool of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USASchool of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USADepartment of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USAOutdoor recreation provides societal benefits that are often measured by the amount of use natural resource systems receive. Still, the amount of resource use natural resource systems receive is often unknown or unstudied. Monitoring and quantifying resource use is often logistically difficult and costly but is paramount to optimize societal benefits. Identifying a simple and readily available metric that can indicate the quantity of recreational use of natural resource systems would benefit natural resource management. Using recreational angler participation data during an 11-year study period from 73 public waterbodies in Nebraska, USA, we developed a resource size-use model that demonstrates the ability of natural resource system size to indicate the quantity of recreational use they receive. We demonstrate how resource size-use models can estimate use for unsampled systems, produce broad-scale estimations of use, guide the allocation of resources, and predict how changes in resource system size may affect use. Resource size-use models provide opportunities to manage recreational use, which has been previously elusive for social-ecological systems.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22011840RecreationNatural resource managementSocial-ecological systemsRecreational fisheriesAngler effortResource size-use models |
| spellingShingle | Derek S. Kane Kevin L. Pope Keith D. Koupal Mark A. Pegg Christopher J. Chizinski Mark A. Kaemingk Natural resource system size can be used for managing recreational use Ecological Indicators Recreation Natural resource management Social-ecological systems Recreational fisheries Angler effort Resource size-use models |
| title | Natural resource system size can be used for managing recreational use |
| title_full | Natural resource system size can be used for managing recreational use |
| title_fullStr | Natural resource system size can be used for managing recreational use |
| title_full_unstemmed | Natural resource system size can be used for managing recreational use |
| title_short | Natural resource system size can be used for managing recreational use |
| title_sort | natural resource system size can be used for managing recreational use |
| topic | Recreation Natural resource management Social-ecological systems Recreational fisheries Angler effort Resource size-use models |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22011840 |
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