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Place-embedded agency: exploring knowledge-place connections for enabling plurality in governance of social-ecological systems.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Hakkarainen, V. & Soini, K. & Dessein, J. & Raymond, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Including different forms of knowledges and views in decision-making is crucial to managing the complexity of social-ecological systems (SES) in ways ...

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Invasion landscapes as social-ecological systems: role of social factors in invasive plant species control.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Yletyinen, J. & Perry, G. L. W. & Burge, O. R. & Mason, N. W. H. & Stahlmann-Brown, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Biological invasions are a major threat to biodiversity and human well-being. Scientists and environmental managers typically seek ecological solution...

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The socio-ecological niche.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: McInturff, A. & Alagona, P. S. & Cannon, C. E. B. & Pellow, D. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Ecologists recognise that we live on an increasingly human-dominated planet, yet most of the field's foundational concepts remain essentially biophysi...

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Social media and deep learning reveal specific cultural preferences for biodiversity.

Published online: 06 Sep 2023

Authors: Havinga, I. & Marcos, D. & Bogaart, P. & Massimino, D. & Hein, L. & Tuia, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Social media has created new opportunities to map cultural ecosystem services (CES) related to biodiversity at large scales. However, using these nove...

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Turning things around: a discussion of values, practices and action in the context of social-ecological change.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Maller, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

This special feature concerns understanding human-nature relations through the lens of values to comprehend how values of the natural world connect wi...

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Farmers' land-use decision-making: a dynamical modelling approach that integrates qualitative knowledge about social norms into a quantitative model.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Vortkamp, I. & Hilker, F. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The concept of the homo oeconomicus is often used to model human behaviour in economic contexts. However, other factors like tradition or the preferen...

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Searching for resilience: addressing the impacts of changing disturbance regimes on forest ecosystem services.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Seidl, R. & Spies, T. A. & Peterson, D. L. & Stephens, S. L. & Hicke, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The provisioning of ecosystem services to society is increasingly under pressure from global change. Changing disturbance regimes are of particular co...

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Connecting resonance theory with social-ecological thinking: conceptualizing self-world relationships in the context of sustainability transformations.

Published online: 11 Feb 2025

Authors: Brossette, F. & Bieling, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Relationships and interactions between humans and their environment play an important role in sustainability transformations. However, their conceptua...

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The impact of information on returns from farming.

Published online: 06 Jan 2016

Authors: Birthal, P. S. & Shiv Kumar & Negi, D. S. & Devesh Roy

Content type: Bulletin

Using data from a nationally representative survey, conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) of the Government of India, we examine...

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Applying a biocomplexity approach to modelling farmer decision-making and land use impacts on wildlife.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Malawska, A. & Topping, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The biocomplexity approach refers to a fully integrated social-ecological systems (SES) simulation that represents bidirectional feedbacks between soc...

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