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Optimal ecosystem management with structural dynamics

Rui Mota (rmota@ist.utl.pt) and Tiago Domingos

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: We address the problem of optimal management of a self organizing ecosystem along ecological succession. A dynamic carrying capacity is interpreted as depicting the dynamics of habitat creation and occupation along ecological succession. The ecosystem may have three growth modes: pure compensation (concave ecosystem regeneration function), depensation (convex-concave regeneration function) and critical depensation (additionally having negative growth rates for low biomass). We analyse the optimal policies for the management of the ecosystem for the three growth modes. Accordingly, we prove the existence of a Skiba points for certain types of ecosystems. Further, we compare usual golden rule paths with the derived optimal policies near the Skiba points.

Keywords: Ecosystem management; habitat creation; optimal policies; Skiba point (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C62 Q20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-02-05
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