Historical framework to explain long-term coupled human and natural system feedbacks: application to a multiple-ownership forest landscape in the northern Great Lakes region, USA

Historical framework to explain long-term coupled human and natural system feedbacks: application to a multiple-ownership forest landscape in the northern Great Lakes region, USA

Current and future human and forest landscape conditions are influenced by the cumulative, unfolding history of social-ecological interactions. Examining past system responses, especially unintended consequences, can reveal valuable insights that promote learning and adaptation in forest policy and...

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Main Authors: Michelle M. Steen-Adams, Nancy Langston, Mark D. O. Adams, David J. Mladenoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2015-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
CHANS
environmental history
feedback
forest landscape
Great Lakes
historical ecology
lagged interaction
legacy
ownership
tribal
unanticipated consequence
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss1/art28/

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http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss1/art28/

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