Advancing the understanding of adaptive capacity of social‐ecological systems to absorb climate extremes
Kirsten Thonicke,Michael Bahn,Sandra Lavorel,Richard D. Bardgett,Karl-Heinz Erb,Mariasilvia Giamberini,Markus Reichstein,Björn Vollan,Anja Rammig,Anja Rammig +9 more
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In this paper, Thonicke et al. discuss the need of social ecology systems to absorb climate extremes and propose an approach to support the adaptation of these systems to climate change.Abstract:
of Social‐Ecological Systems to Absorb Climate Extremes Kirsten Thonicke, Michael Bahn, Sandra Lavorel, Richard D. Bardgett, Karlheinz Erb, Mariasilvia Giamberini, Markus Reichstein, Björn Vollan, and Anja Rammig Research Department 1 “Earth System Analysis”, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany, Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR 5553, CNRS‐Université Grenoble Alpes‐Université Savoie Mont‐Blanc, Grenoble, France, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Geoscience and Earth Resources, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy, Max‐Planck‐Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany, School of Business and Economics, Philipps‐Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germanyread more
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