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Fig 21.4 Integrative capacity of modelling
process within the project; (2) it is useful as a consistency check and can help to find
relevant patterns within the data collections. In particular, models play a most
important role when it comes to analysing across-scales phenomena (Reuter et al.
2008), which is one important part of a meta-analysis approach. Finally, stake-
holders have to make management decisions on restoration and conservation for the
Everglades ecosystem. Because these decisions have to be science-based, also in
this step models help to integrate and communicate understanding and viewpoints
about the system.
21.3 Examples of Everglades Dynamic Landscape Model
Frameworks
Within the Everglades Restoration project, the spatially-explicit modelling frame-
works of the Everglades Landscape Model (ELM; Fitz and Sklar 1999) and the
Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS; Gross and DeAngelis 2001) are
closely interlinked. In the following, we will explain their working principles.
