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Alta De Vos
Researcher at Rhodes University
Publications - 33
Citations - 1130
Alta De Vos is an academic researcher from Rhodes University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Protected area & Sustainability. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 28 publications receiving 694 citations. Previous affiliations of Alta De Vos include University of Cape Town.
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Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: organizing principles for advancing research methods and approaches
TL;DR: Preise et al. as mentioned in this paper described social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems as organizing principles for advancing research methods and approaches, and proposed an organizing principle for the development of social ecology as a complex adaptive system.
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Understanding protected area resilience: a multi-scale, social-ecological approach
Graeme S. Cumming,Craig R. Allen,Natalie C. Ban,Duan Biggs,Harry Biggs,David H.M. Cumming,Alta De Vos,Graham Epstein,Michel Etienne,Kristine Maciejewski,Raphaël Mathevet,Christine Moore,Mateja Nenadovic,Michael Schoon +13 more
TL;DR: The analysis suggests that while ecological, economic, and social processes are often directly relevant to PAs at finer scales, at broader scales, the dominant processes that shape and alter PA resilience are primarily social and economic.
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Beyond benefit sharing: Place attachment and the importance of access to protected areas for surrounding communities
TL;DR: In this article, the concept of two-dimensional place attachment was used to understand the relationship between a protected area and a land claimant community that now owns part of this protected area but does not have physical access to the land.
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The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems
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Pathogens, disease, and the social-ecological resilience of protected areas
Alta De Vos,Graeme S. Cumming,David H.M. Cumming,Judith M. Ament,Julia Baum,Hayley S. Clements,John Duncan Grewar,Kristine Maciejewski,Christine Moore +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that wildlife disease is a social-ecological problem that must be approached from an interdisciplinary perspective, and has the potential to lead to changes in the identity of protected areas, possibly transforming them; and interacts with conservation both directly (via impacts on wild animals, livestock, and people) and indirectly (via the public, conservation management, and veterinary responses).