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Climate, Fascism, and Ibex: Experiments in Using Population Dynamics Modeling as a Historiographical Tool (2019)

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Applied mathematics Population ecology Historiography Models and modeling in science Wildlife conservation Science and government National parks and reserves 20th century

In the interwar years the Gran Paradiso ibex population followed two subsequent, contrasting trends: a steady rise once the national park was established in 1922, followed by a precipitous fall after the Fascist regime took direct control of conservation in 1934, which almost led to the colony’s extinction. This paper addresses the issue of how models taken from population ecology may inform historical narratives. The data for the interwar years were analyzed using a statistical model based on climate and population density, which has proved reliable for most of the post-World War II period. The article highlights the pivotal role of anthropic variables in determining the inter-war trends and how these are best analyzed using historical scholarship.

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Authors & Contributors
Casado de Otaola, Santos
Andreozzi, Luciano
Bont, Raf de
Carruthers, Jane
Collins, Martin J.
Craig-Dupont, Olivier
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Arbor: Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura
Archives of Natural History
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Environmental History
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Ohio University Press
Oxford University Press
University of California Press
George F. Thompson Publishing
Concepts
National parks and reserves
Population ecology
Wildlife conservation
Science and government
Models and modeling in science
Population genetics
People
Galton, Francis
Linnaeus, Carolus
Pearson, Karl
Volterra, Vito
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
United States
South Africa
Spain
Soviet Union
California (U.S.)
Canada
Institutions
United States. National Park Service
Kruger National Park (South Africa)
Joshua Tree National Park
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