Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 441-448

  Bennett, Elena M ^a   Solan, Martin ^b   Biggs, Reinette ^c,d   McPhearson, Timon ^e   Norström, Albert V ^c   Olsson, Per ^c   Pereira, Laura ^d,f   Peterson, Garry D ^c   Raudsepp Hearne, Ciara ^g   Biermann, Frank ^h   Carpenter, Stephen R ⁱ   Ellis, Erle C ^j   Hichert, Tanja ^k   Galaz, Victor ^c   Lahsen, Myanna ^l   Milkoreit, Manjana ^m   Martin López, Berta ⁿ   Nicholas, Kimberly A ^o   Preiser, Rika ^d   Vince, Gaia ^p   Vervoort, Joost M ^h,q   Xu, Jianchu ^r,s   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^k Hichert and Associates   (South Africa)

^l INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^m ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^o LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p The Wandering Gaia   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^r WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (China)

^s KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUTURE PROSPECT; INNOVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84989907805     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1309     Document Type: Article

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