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The best of resilience research
See science director Carl Folke's list of must-read articles on resilience research.
The list includes some of the key articles produced by centre researchers over the last few years and covers everything from regeneration of tropical dry forest in Madagascar to the use of web crawlers in ecological monitoring. Enjoy:

Biggs, R., Carpenter, S.R., Brock, W.A. (2009) Turning back from the brink: Detecting an impending regime shift in time to avert it. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 106: 826-831. Read more about it here
 
Bodin, Ö., Crona, B.I. (2009). The role of social networks in natural resource governance: What relational patterns make a difference? Global Environmental Change 19: 366—374. Read more about it here
 
Chapin, F.S., III, Carpenter, S.R., Kofinas, G.P., Folke, C., Abel, N., Clark, W.C., Olsson, P., Stafford Smith, D.M., Walker, B.H., Young, O.R., Berkes, F., Biggs, R., Grove, J.M., Naylor, R.L., Pinkerton, E., Steffen, W., Swanson, F.J. (2010). Ecosystem stewardship: Sustainability strategies for a rapidly changing planet. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
 
Ernstson, H., Sörlin, S., Elmqvist, T., 2008, Social Movements and Ecosystem Services; the Role of Social Network Structure in Protecting and Managing Urban Green Areas in Stockholm. Ecology and Society 13 (2): 39. [online] URL: www. ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art39/February 2009.

Galaz, V, Beatrice Crona, Tim Daw, Örjan Bodin, Magnus Nyström, and Per Olsson. 2010. Can web crawlers revolutionize ecological monitoring? Front Ecol Environ 8: 99—104, doi:10.1890/070204 (published online 19 Mar 2009). Read more about it here

Gordon, L.J., Peterson, G.D., Bennett, E., 2008, Agricultural Modifications of Hydrological Flows Create Ecological Surprises. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23:211-219. Read more about it here

Olsson, P., Folke, C., Hughes, T.P., 2008, Navigating the Transition to Ecosystem-Based Management of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:9489-9494. Read more about it here
 
Österblom, H., Olsson, O., Blenckner, T., Furness, R.W., 2008, Junk Food in Marine Ecosystems. Oikos 117:1075-1085. Read more about it here
 
Rockström, J., Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, Å., Chapin, III, F.S., Lambin, E., Lenton, T.M., Scheffer, M., Folke, C., Schellnhuber, H., Nykvist, B., De Wit, C.A., Hughes, T., van der Leeuw, S., Rodhe, H., Sörlin, S., Snyder, P.K., Costanza, R., Svedin, U., Falkenmark, M., Karlberg, L., Corell, R.W., Fabry, V.J., Hansen, J., Walker, B.H., Liverman, D., Richardson, K., Crutzen, C., Foley. J. (2009). A safe operating space for humanity. Nature 461: 472-475 DOI 10.1038/461472a. Read more about it here
 
Walker, B.H., Barrett, S., Polasky, S., Galaz, V., Folke, C., Engström, G., Ackerman, F., Arrow, K., Carpenter, S., Chopra, K., Daily, G., Ehrlich, P., Hughes, T., Kautsky, N., Levin, S., Mäler, K-G., Shogren, J., Vincent, J., Xepapadeas, T., de Zeeuw, A. (2009). Looming global-scale failures and missing institutions. Science 325: 1345-1346.Read more about it here
 
Elmqvist T., M. Pyykönen, M. Tengö, F. Rakotondrasoa, E. Rabakonandrianina et al. 2007. Patterns of Loss and Regeneration of Tropical Dry Forest in Madagascar: The Social Institutional Context. PLoS ONE 2(5): e402.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000402 Read news on a related article here
 
Enfors, E.I., Gordon, L.J., Peterson, G.D., Bossio B., 2008, Making Investments in Dryland Development Work: Participatory Scenario Planning in the Makanya catchment, Tanzania. Ecology and Society 13(2): 42. [online] URL: www. ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art42/ Read more about it here

Norström, A., Nyström, M., Lokrantz, J., Folke, C. (2009). Alternative states of coral reefs: Beyond coral-macroalgal phase shifts. Marine Ecology Progress Series 376: 295-306 Read more about it here
 
Rockström, J., Falkenmark, M., Karlberg, L., Hoff, H., Rost , S., Gerten, D. (2009). Future water availability for global food production: The potential of green water for increasing resilience to global change. Water Resources Research 45, W00A12, doi:10.1029/2007WR006767, 14 February 2009. Read more about it here
 
Savchuk, O. P., Wulff F., Hille S., Humborg C., Pollehne F., 2008, The Baltic Sea a century ago - a reconstruction from model simulations, verified by observations. Journal of Marine Systems 74, 485-494.
 
Schultz, L., C. Folke and P. Olsson. 2007. Enhancing Ecosystem Management through Social-Ecological Inventories: Lessons from Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden. Environmental Conservation 34: 140-152. Read more about it here
 
Walker, B.H., Pearson, L., Harris, M., Mäler, K.-G., Chuan-Zhong, L., Biggs, R., Baynes, T. (2009). Incorporating resilience in the assessment of Inclusive Wealth: An example from South East Australia. Environmental and Resource Economics. DOI 10.1007/s10640-009-9311-7. Read more about it here

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About Carl Folke
Carl Folke has extensive experience in transdisciplinary research and is among the 10 most cited scientists worldwide in the area of environment and ecology. He has written more than 200 scientific papers himself, including 15 in Science and Nature.
2011-02-03 | Sturle Hauge Simonsen
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