The ability of natural resource agencies to act before, during, and after outbreaks of conifer bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is important to ensure the continued provision of ecosystem services. Adaptive capacity refers to the capability of an agent or system to adapt to change, regardless of whether it is examined as an independent social or ecological entity, or as a coupled social–ecological system. Understanding the components of a disturbance and the associated effects to ecosystem services, social systems, and natural resource management increases the ability to adapt to change and ensure continued resilience. This paper presents a definition and conceptual framework of adaptive capacity relevant to bark beetle disturbances that was developed through an interdisciplinary workshop held in 2016. The intent is to assist natural resource managers and policy-makers in identifying important adaptation characteristics to effectively address bark beetle disturbances. The current state of knowledge regarding institutional, social, and environmental factors that influence adaptive capacity are identified. The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) in the western USA is used as a specific example to discuss several factors that influence adaptive capacity for increasing resilience. We hope that our proposed framework serves as a model for future collaborations among both social and physical scientists and land managers to better address landscape-level disturbances that are being exacerbated by climate change.

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社会生态系统中的适应能力：解决自然资源管理中树皮甲虫干扰的框架

自然资源机构在针叶树皮甲虫（鞘翅目：Curculionidae）爆发之前，之中和之后采取行动的能力对于确保持续提供生态系统服务很重要。适应能力是指主体或系统适应变化的能力，无论它是作为一个独立的社会或生态实体，还是作为一个社会生态系统耦合在一起进行研究的。了解干扰的组成部分及其对生态系统服务，社会系统和自然资源管理的相关影响，可以提高适应变化并确保持续复原力的能力。本文提出了与树皮甲虫干扰有关的适应能力的定义和概念框架，该框架是通过2016年举行的跨学科研讨会开发的。目的是协助自然资源管理者和决策者确定重要的适应特征，以有效地解决树皮甲虫的干扰。确定有关影响适应能力的制度，社会和环境因素的当前知识状态。山松甲虫（以美国西部的Dendroctonus pokerosae（）为例，讨论了影响适应能力以提高适应力的几个因素。我们希望我们提出的框架可以作为未来社会和自然科学家与土地管理者之间合作的模型，以更好地解决因气候变化而加剧的景观层面的干扰。