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excellent outcomes, in terms of data evaluation with this technique in the ATLSS
project; (2) model frameworks consist of different sub-model types, in which, for
instance, one ODE-based part determines the resource for a population, while the
individuals of this population are represented with an IBM-like model type (more
on model coupling see Chap. 20).
With the approaching of the Grand Challenges to the Everglades ecosystem, the
terms of reference for ecological modelling also expand. In a kind of modelling
disclosure procedure, we, as modelers, have to make clear, exactly what models can
accomplish, what are the conditions under which models can work, and particu-
larly, what they still cannot do. By informing stakeholders of what really can be
achieved with theoretical and modelling tools, confidence in our scientific methods
will be strengthened, and there will be an increased understanding of the usefulness
of modelling in determining how the Everglades ecosystem may change in the
future.
