Influencing adaptation processes on the Australian rangelands for social and ecological resilience

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Marshall, Nadine A ^a,b   Stokes, Chris J ^a  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Livestock industry; Networks; Primary resource industry; Resource dependency; Social resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RANGELAND; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

BOS;

EID: 84903700022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06440-190214     Document Type: Article

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