<P> Adaptive management aims to identify uncertainties in the management of an ecosystem while using hypothesis testing to further understand the system . In this regard, adaptive management encourages learning from the outcomes of previously implemented management strategies . Ecosystem managers form hypotheses about the ecosystem and its functionality and then implement different management techniques to test the hypotheses . The implemented techniques are then analyzed to evaluate any regressions or improvements in functionality of the ecosystem caused by the technique . Further analysis allows for modification of the technique until it successfully meets the ecological needs of the ecosystem . Thus, adaptive management serves as a "learning by doing" method for ecosystem management . </P> <P> Adaptive management has had mixed success in the field of ecosystem management, possibly because ecosystem managers may not be equipped with the decision - making skills needed to undertake an adaptive management methodology . Additionally, economic, social and political priorities can interfere with adaptive management decisions . For this reason, adaptive management should be a social process as well as scientific, focusing on institutional strategies while implementing experimental management techniques . </P> <P> The term natural resource management is frequently used when dealing with a particular resource for human use rather than managing the whole ecosystem . A main objective of natural resources management is the sustainability for future generations, which appoints ecosystem managers to balance natural resources exploitation and conservation over long - term timeframe . The balanced relationship of each resource in an ecosystem is subject to change at different spatial and temporal scales . Dimensions such as, watersheds, soils, flora and fauna, need to be considered individually and on a landscape level . A variety of natural resources are utilized for food, medicine, energy and shelter . </P> <P> The ecosystem management concept is based on the relationship between sustainable resource maintenance and human demand for use of natural resources . Therefore, socioeconomics factors significantly affect natural resource management . The goal of a natural resource manager is to fulfill the demand for a given resource without causing harm to the ecosystem, or jeopardizing the future of the resource . Partnerships between ecosystem managers, natural resource managers and stakeholders should be encouraged in order to promote a more sustainable use of limited natural resources . Natural resource managers must initially measure the overall integrity of the ecosystem they are involved in . If the ecosystem supporting resources is healthy, managers can decide on the ideal amount of resource extraction, while leaving enough to allow the resource to replenish itself for subsequent harvests . Historically, some natural resources have experienced limited human disturbance and therefore have been able to subsist naturally . However, some ecosystems such as forests, which typically provide considerable timber resources; have sometimes undergone successful reforestation processes and consequently have accommodated the needs of future generations . A successfully managed resource, will provide for current demand while leaving enough to repopulate and provide for future demand . </P>

In ecology what term is used to describe the wise management of natural resources