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Ludwig's ratchet: a standalone construct

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Fisheries science

the historical pattern in which resource exploitation expands during good years and political pressure prevents cutbacks, ratcheting toward overexploitation.

In fisheries science, Ludwig's ratchet refers to the historical pattern in which resource exploitation expands during good years and political pressure prevents cutbacks, ratcheting toward overexploitation. This meaning comes from Ludwig (1993) in Science.[1]

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exploitation6 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, six constructs good2 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs pattern4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Ludwig, D., Hilborn, R., & Walters, C. (1993). Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conservation: Lessons from History. Science, 260(5104), 17-36. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.260.5104.17

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