New Directions for Understanding the Spatial Resilience of Social–Ecological Systems

Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 649-664

  Cumming, Graeme S ^a,b   Morrison, Tiffany H ^a   Hughes, Terence P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

governance; heterogeneity; network; scale; social ecological system; sustainability; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HETEROGENEITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 85007206600     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-0089-5     Document Type: Article

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