Coupled human and natural systems

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 639-649

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^m University of Wisconsin   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; POLICY; REVIEW;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 38049143212     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[639:CHANS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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165. We are very grateful to Thomas Baerwald for his exceptional support of the initiative on Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems under the Biocomplexity Program of the National Science Foundation, which inspired us to write this paper. We also thank Robert May and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions; Rebecca Berngartt, Eduardo Brondizio, Sara Hughes, Ann Krause, Nancy Leonard, Emilio Moran, Nick Reo, Leah VanWey, and Kerry Waco for their helpful input; and Shuxin Li and Brent Wheat for their diligent search for data and literature as well as editorial assistance. Financial support was provided by National Science Foundation (Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems, and North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research site), National Institutes of Health. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Michigan State University (Michigan Agricultural Research Station. Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability, University Distinguished Professorship, and Environmental Research Initiative), Swedish Research Council for the Environment. Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, and Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research.
166. First submitted 19 December 2006. Accepted for publication 25 April 2007.