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...

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Main Authors: Baggio, Jacopo A., BurnSilver, Shauna B., Arenas, Alex, Magdanz, James S., Kofinas, Gary P., Domenico, Manlio De
Other Authors: National Academy of Sciences
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Hosted by Utah State University Libraries 2016
Subjects:
multiplex networks
food sharing
mixed subsistence-cash economies
climate change
social-ecological systems
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Arctic
Climate change
Alaska
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/envs_facpub/1455
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2507&context=envs_facpub
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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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