Toward principles for enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 421-448

  Biggs, Reinette ^a,b   Schlüter, Maja ^a,c   Biggs, Duan ^d,e,f   Bohensky, Erin L ^g   Burnsilver, Shauna ^h   Cundill, Georgina ⁱ   Dakos, Vasilis ^j   Daw, Tim M ^a,k   Evans, Louisa S ^d   Kotschy, Karen ^l   Leitch, Anne M ^d,g   Meek, Chanda ^m   Quinlan, Allyson ⁿ   Raudsepp Hearne, Ciara ^o   Robards, Martin D ^p   Schoon, Michael L ^h   Schultz, Lisen ^a   West, Paul C ^q  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^j WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

ⁿ CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^o MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^p WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Connectivity; Diversity; Learning; Participation; Polycentric; Social ecological

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DIVERSITY; LEARNING; PARTICIPATION; POLYCENTRIC; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84872400914     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-051211-123836     Document Type: Review

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