Complexity of coupled human and natural systems

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5844, 2007, Pages 1513-1516

  Liu, Jianguo ^a   Dietz, Thomas ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Alberti, Marina ^c   Folke, Carl ^d,e   Moran, Emilio ^f   Pell, Alice N ^g   Deadman, Peter ^h   Kratz, Timothy ⁱ   Lubchenco, Jane ^j   Ostrom, Elinor ^f   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^k   Provencher, William ^b   Redman, Charles L ^l   Schneider, Stephen H ^m   Taylor, William W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

ⁱ University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^j OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^l ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURALNESS; NONLINEARITY;

ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548690996     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144004     Document Type: Review

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