Complexity, modeling, and natural resource management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Cilliers, Paul ^a   Biggs, Harry C ^b   Blignaut, Sonja ^c   Choles, Aiden G ^c   Hofmeyr, Jan Hendrik S ^a   Jewitt, Graham P W ^d   Roux, Dirk J ^b,e,f  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c The Narrative Lab   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Management; Mental models; Omplex systems; Resilience; Social complexity; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84884923961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05382-180301     Document Type: Article

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