Multiplex social ecological network analysis reveals how social changes affect community robustness more than resource depletion
Network analysis provides a powerful tool to analyze complex influences of social and ecological structures on community and household dynamics. Most network studies of social–ecological systems use simple, undirected, unweighted networks. We analyze multiplex, directed, and weighted networks of sub...
| Published in: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Other Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11582/312145 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1604401113 http://www.pnas.org/content/113/48/13708 |
| Summary: | Network analysis provides a powerful tool to analyze complex influences of social and ecological structures on community and household dynamics. Most network studies of social–ecological systems use simple, undirected, unweighted networks. We analyze multiplex, directed, and weighted networks of subsistence food flows collected in three small indigenous communities in Arctic Alaska potentially facing substantial economic and ecological changes. Our analysis of plausible future scenarios suggests that changes to social relations and key households have greater effects on community robustness than changes to specific wild food resources. |
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