Parks and protected areas are complex, and managers often need integrated social–ecological science-based information that illuminates the dynamic interactions between the biophysical and social processes. However, modeling and determining social–ecological connections are difficult due to disciplinary paradigms, divergent research questions, and data sets representing different scales. During this investigation, researchers sought to evaluate social–ecological linkages at a large salt pan (Bonneville Salt Flats) in western Utah (US). Specifically, the investigation evaluated how the changing level and location of salt-crust moisture and ponding water influenced visitors’ spatial distribution of use and important elements of their experience. The findings indicate that visitors travel more distance, spend more time recreating, and use the Salt Flats in higher densities during dry conditions. However, the results also highlight that importance levels ascribed to specific aspects of the visitor experience remained relatively stable regardless of changes in salt-crust moisture and ponding water. Illuminating such linkages is important because most natural resource issues in society, including resources at the Bonneville Salt Flats, are not solely ecological or social in nature but characterized by deeper enmeshment between the two.

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快速的资源变化和游客使用管理：Bonneville Salt Flats 的社会生态联系

公园和保护区很复杂，管理人员通常需要基于社会-生态科学的综合信息，以阐明生物物理和社会过程之间的动态相互作用。然而，由于学科范式、不同的研究问题和代表不同尺度的数据集，建模和确定社会-生态联系很困难。在这项调查中，研究人员试图评估犹他州西部（美国）一个大型盐田（博纳维尔盐沼）的社会-生态联系。具体而言，调查评估了盐壳水分和积水的变化水平和位置如何影响游客的使用空间分布和他们体验的重要元素。调查结果表明，游客旅行的距离更远，花更多的时间进行娱乐活动，并在干燥条件下以更高的密度使用盐滩。然而，结果还强调，无论盐壳湿度和积水如何变化，归于游客体验特定方面的重要性水平都保持相对稳定。阐明这种联系很重要，因为社会中的大多数自然资源问题，包括博纳维尔盐沼的资源，在本质上不仅是生态或社会问题，而且以两者之间更深层次的纠缠为特征。