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Disturbance, response, and persistence in self-organized forested communities: Analysis of robustness and resilience in five communities in Southern Indiana

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Fleischman, FD; Boenning, K; Garcia-Lopez, GA; Mincey, S; Schmitt-Harsh, M; Daedlow, K; Lopez, MC; Basurto, X; Fischer, B; Ostrom, E
Published in: Ecology and Society
January 1, 2010

We develop an analytic framework for the analysis of robustness in social-ecological systems (SESs) over time. We argue that social robustness is affected by the disturbances that communities face and the way they respond to them. Using Ostrom's ontological framework for SESs, we classify the major factors influencing the disturbances and responses faced by five Indiana intentional communities over a 15-year time frame. Our empirical results indicate that operational and collective-choice rules, leadership and entrepreneurship, monitoring and sanctioning, economic values, number of users, and norms/social capital are key variables that need to be at the core of future theoretical work on robustness of self-organized systems. © 2010 by the author(s).

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Ecology and Society

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1708-3087

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

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15

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4

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  • Ecology
 

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Fleischman, F. D., Boenning, K., Garcia-Lopez, G. A., Mincey, S., Schmitt-Harsh, M., Daedlow, K., … Ostrom, E. (2010). Disturbance, response, and persistence in self-organized forested communities: Analysis of robustness and resilience in five communities in Southern Indiana. Ecology and Society, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03512-150409
Fleischman, F. D., K. Boenning, G. A. Garcia-Lopez, S. Mincey, M. Schmitt-Harsh, K. Daedlow, M. C. Lopez, X. Basurto, B. Fischer, and E. Ostrom. “Disturbance, response, and persistence in self-organized forested communities: Analysis of robustness and resilience in five communities in Southern Indiana.” Ecology and Society 15, no. 4 (January 1, 2010). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03512-150409.
Fleischman FD, Boenning K, Garcia-Lopez GA, Mincey S, Schmitt-Harsh M, Daedlow K, et al. Disturbance, response, and persistence in self-organized forested communities: Analysis of robustness and resilience in five communities in Southern Indiana. Ecology and Society. 2010 Jan 1;15(4).
Fleischman, F. D., et al. “Disturbance, response, and persistence in self-organized forested communities: Analysis of robustness and resilience in five communities in Southern Indiana.” Ecology and Society, vol. 15, no. 4, Jan. 2010. Scopus, doi:10.5751/ES-03512-150409.
Fleischman FD, Boenning K, Garcia-Lopez GA, Mincey S, Schmitt-Harsh M, Daedlow K, Lopez MC, Basurto X, Fischer B, Ostrom E. Disturbance, response, and persistence in self-organized forested communities: Analysis of robustness and resilience in five communities in Southern Indiana. Ecology and Society. 2010 Jan 1;15(4).

Published In

Ecology and Society

DOI

EISSN

1708-3087

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

Volume

15

Issue

4

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology