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An aggregate potential landscape description of an agent-based exploitation-perception model for social-ecological tipping-point dynamics

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We develop an aggregate potential landscape description of a specific agent-based model of social-ecological tipping-point dynamics. The landscape model is two dimensional, incorporating dynamics in social opinions and biomass availability, with nonseparable coupling potentials to describe exploitation and perception. We find that the landscape model successfully captures key features of the agent-based model, including collective tipping points and transition pathways, but differs in ecological recovery timescales and final states. These results demonstrate how an aggregate potential landscape model can be implemented for social-ecological dynamics, while emphasising the need for detailed models of two-way feedback and path dependence.

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  • Challis, K.J., 2026. "An aggregate potential landscape description of an agent-based exploitation-perception model for social-ecological tipping-point dynamics," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 513(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:513:y:2026:i:c:s0304380025004193
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111433
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