Misreading the African Landscape: Society and Ecology in a Forest-Savanna Mosaic

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Srinivasan, K., Kurz, T., Kuttuva, P., et al. (2019) · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · doi:10.1057/s41599-019-0358-y · Cited by 30

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Krauß, W., & Olwig, K. R. (2018) · Landscape Research · doi:10.1080/01426397.2018.1503844 · Cited by 31

Introduction: Ethnic Formation with Other-Than-Human Beings

Schoenbrun, D. L., & Johnson, J. L. (2018) · History in Africa · doi:10.1017/hia.2018.11 · Cited by 30

Interdisciplinary analysis of the environment: insights from tropical forest research

Lélé, S. M., & Kurien, A. J. (2011) · Environmental Conservation · doi:10.1017/s037689291100018x · Cited by 30

Red River, Green War

Biersack, A. (2006) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822388142-009 · Cited by 30

Case studies from sub-saharan Africa

Christie, P., Harley, K. G., & Penny, A. J. (2004) · Cited by 30

Land Tenure and Biodiversity: An Exploration in the Political Ecology of Murang'a District, Kenya

Mackenzie, A. F. D. (2003) · Human Organization · doi:10.17730/humo.62.3.d1dfv6mlr3hevdy7 · Cited by 30

Oral history and the development of indigenous irrigation. Methods and examples from Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Tagseth, M. (2008) · Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography · doi:10.1080/00291950701864898 · Cited by 30

Cooperation, Land Use, and the Environment in Uxin Ju: The Changing Landscape of a Mongolian-Chinese Borderland in China

Jiang, H. T. (2004) · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.2004.09401007.x · Cited by 30

Limited yet informative: pathological alterations observed on human skeletal remains from third and second millennia bc collective burials in the United Arab Emirates

Blau, S. (2001) · International Journal of Osteoarchaeology · doi:10.1002/oa.527 · Cited by 30

Territorial and land-use rights perspectives on human-chimpanzee-elephant coexistence in West Africa (Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)

Leblan, V. (2016) · Primates · doi:10.1007/s10329-016-0532-4 · Cited by 29

Of Trees and Earth Shrines: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Settlement Histories in the West African Savanna

Lentz, C., & Sturm, H.-J. (2001) · History in Africa · doi:10.2307/3172212 · Cited by 29

Scaling Issues With Social Data in Integrated Assessment Modeling

Evans, T. P., Elinor Ostrom, B., & Gibson, C. C. (2002) · Integrated Assessment · doi:10.1076/iaij.3.2.135.13571 · Cited by 29

Beyond social-ecological traps: fostering transformations towards sustainability

Eriksson, H., Blythe, J. L., Österblom, H., & Olsson, P. (2021) · Ecology and Society · doi:10.5751/es-12198-260113 · Cited by 30

A political sociology of socionatures: Revisionist manoeuvres in environmental sociology

White, D. F. (2006) · Environmental Politics · doi:10.1080/09644010500418738 · Cited by 30

Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies

Ramutsindela, M. (2005) · The Geojournal library · doi:10.1007/1-4020-2843-1 · Cited by 121

Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points

Pereira, L. M., Gianelli, I., Achieng, T., Amon, D. J., Archibald, S. A., Arif, S., Castro, A., Chimbadzwa, T. P., Coetzer, K., Field, T.-L., et al. (2024) · Earth System Dynamics · doi:10.5194/esd-15-341-2024 · Cited by 41

Semi-wild palm groves reveal agricultural change in the forest region of Guinea

Madelaine, C., Malézieux, É., Sibelet, N., et al. (2008) · Agroforestry Systems · doi:10.1007/s10457-008-9146-1 · Cited by 27

The complexity and consequences of the policy implementation dealing with sustainable ideas

Purnomo, E. P., Anand, P. B., & Choi, J. (2017) · Journal of Sustainable Forestry · doi:10.1080/10549811.2017.1406373 · Cited by 28

Simians, Savages, Skulls, and Sex

Magubane, Z. (2003) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822384656-003 · Cited by 29

Ontologies of climate change

Schnegg, M. (2021) · American Ethnologist · doi:10.1111/amet.13028 · Cited by 35

Climate change reception studies in anthropology

de Wit, S., & Haines, S. (2021) · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change · doi:10.1002/wcc.742 · Cited by 27

Disaster, Development and Governance: Reflections on the ‘Lessons’ of Bhopal

Rajan, S. R. (2002) · Environmental Values · doi:10.3197/096327102129341136 · Cited by 27

Tree Growing on Farms in Northeast Luzon (The Philippines): Smallholders’ Motivations and Other Determinants for Adopting Agroforestry Systems

Schuren, S. H. G., & Snelder, D. J. R. M. (2008) · Advances in agroforestry · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8261-0_3 · Cited by 27

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Moseley, W. G. (2005) · The Professional Geographer · doi:10.1111/j.1467-9272.2005.00504_4.x · Cited by 27

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Watts, M. J. (2003) · doi:10.1002/9780470693445.ch16 · Cited by 27

Sustainability as a Moral Discourse: Its Shifting Meanings, Exclusions, and Anxieties

Yamada, S., Kanoi, L., Koh, V. J. W., Lim, A., & Dove, M. R. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su14053095 · Cited by 26

Termites, Mud Daubers and their Earths: A Multispecies Approach to Fertility and Power in West Africa

Fairhead, J. R. (2016) · Conservation and Society · doi:10.4103/0972-4923.197613 · Cited by 26

Wild-ing the Ethnography of Conservation: Writing Nature’s Value and Agency In

Kiik, L. (2018) · Anthropological Forum · doi:10.1080/00664677.2018.1476222 · Cited by 26

Madagascar's grassy biomes are ancient and there is much to learn about their ecology and evolution

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Consequences of wooded shrine rituals on vegetation conservation in West Africa: a case study from the Bwaba cultural area (West Burkina Faso)

Fournier, A. (2011) · Biodiversity and Conservation · doi:10.1007/s10531-011-0065-5 · Cited by 26

Integrating remote sensing data and rapid appraisals for land‐cover change analyses in Uganda

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Bitter Shade: Throwing Light on Politics and Ecology in Contemporary Pakistan

Dove, M. R. (2003) · Human Organization · doi:10.17730/humo.62.3.dnbdu0c8km3ye4xc · Cited by 26

Plant Microevolution and Conservation in Human-influenced Ecosystems

Briggs, D. (2009) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511812965 · Cited by 25

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Forsyth, T. (2007) · International Journal of Social Economics · doi:10.1108/03068290710723381 · Cited by 25

Beyond Ecoliberal “Common Futures”

Chiro, G. D. (2003) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822384656-007 · Cited by 25

The Political Ecology of Fisheries in the Upper Gulf of California

Greenberg, J. B. (2006) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822388142-005 · Cited by 27

The Everglades Ecosystem and the Politics of Nature

Ogden, L. A. (2008) · American Anthropologist · doi:10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00005.x · Cited by 27

Writing for, versus about, the ethnographic other: Issues of engagement and reflexivity in working with a tribal NGO in Indonesia

Dove, M. R. (1999) · Identities · doi:10.1080/1070289x.1999.9962644 · Cited by 25

Did Ebola Emerge in West Africa by a Policy-Driven Phase Change in Agroecology?

Wallace, R. G., Gilbert, M., Wallace, R., Pittiglio, C., Mattioli, R. C., & Kock, R. A. (2016) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40940-5_1 · Cited by 22

Between Politics and Poetics

Brosius, J. P. (2006) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822388142-010 · Cited by 25

Walking the Line: Conducting Transect Walks in Burkina Faso

Rojas, A., Nomedji, K., & West, C. T. (2021) · Practicing Anthropology · doi:10.17730/0888-4552.43.1.18 · Cited by 24

The grassy ecosystems of Madagascar in context: Ecology, evolution, and conservation

Silander, J. A., Bond, W. J., & Ratsirarson, J. (2023) · Plants People Planet · doi:10.1002/ppp3.10417 · Cited by 24

Remitting wealth, reciprocating health? The “travel” of the land from Guinea-Bissau to Portugal

Abranches, M. (2014) · American Ethnologist · doi:10.1111/amet.12074 · Cited by 24

African Fire Cultures, Cattle Ranching, and Colonial Landscape Transformations in the Neotropics

Sluyter, A., & Duvall, C. S. (2015) · Geographical Review · doi:10.1111/j.1931-0846.2015.12138.x · Cited by 22

Integrating historical sources for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation

Navarro, L. M., Armstrong, C. G., Changeux, T., Frisch, D., Gil‐Romera, G., Kaim, D., McClenachan, L., Munteanu, C., Szabó, P., BARANOV, V. A., et al. (2025) · Nature Reviews Biodiversity · doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00084-3 · Cited by 32

Men in Paradise

Gregory, S. (2003) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822384656-011 · Cited by 24

The Value of Practice-Based Knowledge

Weber, E. P., Belsky, J. M., Lach, D. H., et al. (2014) · Society & Natural Resources · doi:10.1080/08941920.2014.919168 · Cited by 23

Narrative Fortresses: Crisis Narratives and Conflict in the Conservation of Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique

Schuetze, C. (2015) · Conservation and Society · doi:10.4103/0972-4923.164193 · Cited by 23

Agricultural Certification as a Conservation Tool in Latin America

Cohn, A. S., & O’Rourke, D. (2011) · Journal of Sustainable Forestry · doi:10.1080/10549811003739130 · Cited by 25

Green jobs, livelihoods and the post-carbon economy in African cities

Acey, C., & Culhane, T. H. (2013) · Local Environment · doi:10.1080/13549839.2012.752801 · Cited by 23

The endurance of Mexican Amate paper : exploring additional dimensions to the sustainable development concept

Binnqüist, C. L. (2003) · Cited by 23

Introduction

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Anthropology in the Anthropocene: Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Interdisciplinary Research

Krauss, W. (2014) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9322-3_4 · Cited by 22

A Complex Tool for a Complex Problem: Political Ecology in the Service of Ecosystem Recovery

Breslow, S. J. (2014) · Coastal Management · doi:10.1080/08920753.2014.923130 · Cited by 22

Public Policies and Management of Rural Forests: Lasting Alliance or Fool's Dialogue?

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Forest Transition in Madagascar’s Highlands: Initial Evidence and Implications

McConnell, W. J., Viña, A., Kull, C. A., & Batko, C. (2015) · Land · doi:10.3390/land4041155 · Cited by 22

Governing livelihood and land use transitions: The role of customary tenure in southeastern Morocco

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A home for science: The life and times of Tropical and Polar field stations

Geissler, P. W., & Kelly, A. H. (2016) · Social Studies of Science · doi:10.1177/0306312716680767 · Cited by 22

‘Trees, forests and communities’: some historiographical approaches to environmental history on Africa

Brown, K. (2003) · Area · doi:10.1111/j.0004-0894.2003.00186.x · Cited by 22

Things Fall Apart? Management, Environment and Taungya Farming in Edo State, Southern Nigeria

von Hellermann, P. (2007) · Africa · doi:10.3366/afr.2007.0052 · Cited by 22

Understanding Institutions and Their Links to Resource Management from the Perspective of New Institutionalism

Haller, T. (2007) · BORIS (University Library Bern) · doi:10.7892/boris.52831 · Cited by 21

Ravenala MadagascariensisSonnerat: The Historical Ecology of a“ Flagship Species” in Madagascar

Feeley‐Harnik, G. (2001) · Ethnohistory · doi:10.1215/00141801-48-1-2-31 · Cited by 21

Landscapes, legibility, and conservation planning: multiple representations of forest use in Panama

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An Anthropogenic Escape Route from the “Gulliver Syndrome” in the West African Savanna

Laris, P. S. (2008) · Human Ecology · doi:10.1007/s10745-008-9203-4 · Cited by 21

Where are the ‘bad fires’ in W est A frican savannas? Rethinking burning management through a space–time analysis in B urkina F aso

Caillault, S., Ballouche, A., & Delahaye, D. (2014) · Geographical Journal · doi:10.1111/geoj.12074 · Cited by 22

Satellite Remote Sensing of Archaeological Vegetation Signatures in Coastal West Africa

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Boxing daze – using state-and-transition models to explore the evolution of socio-biophysical landscapes

Dyke, C. V. (2015) · Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment · doi:10.1177/0309133315581700 · Cited by 21

Nature?Society Dynamics, Policy Narratives, and Ecosystem Management: Integrating Perspectives On Upland Change and Complexity in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Armitage, D. R. (2004) · Ecosystems · doi:10.1007/s10021-004-0183-y · Cited by 21

Classifying physical geographic features: the case of maninka farmers in southwestern mali

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Environmental History of Soils

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Changing Fire Governance in Gabon′s Plateaux Bateke Savanna Landscape

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Languages of land, water and ‘tradition’ around Lake Mutirikwi in southern Zimbabwe

Fontein, J. (2006) · The Journal of Modern African Studies · doi:10.1017/s0022278x06001613 · Cited by 21

Rethinking the ‘Atlantic Forest’ of Brazil: new evidence for land cover and land value in western São Paulo, 1900–1930

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Revisiting the Social Bedrock of Kinship and Descent in the Anthropology of Africa

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Anthropogenic grasslands in Southeast Asia: Sociology of knowledge and implications for agroforestry

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Rendering Local: The Politics of Differential Knowledge in Carbon Offset Governance

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An intermediate level of disturbance with customary agricultural practices increases species diversity in Maya community forests in Belize

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Whose Diversity Counts? The Politics and Paradoxes of Modern Diversity

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Politische Ökologie: nicht-deterministische, globale und materielle Dimensionen von Natur/Gesellschaft-Verhältnissen

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Enclosure, dispossession, and the green economy: new contours of internal displacement in Liberia and Sierra Leone?

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Progress of the Victims

Hvalkof, S. (2006) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822388142-008 · Cited by 20

Pratiques agricoles, perceptions et représentations du paysage : quelles articulations ? Approches croisées Nord/Sud

Caillault, S., & Marie, M. (2009) · Norois · doi:10.4000/norois.2995 · Cited by 20

Developing a disturbance index for five East African forests using GIS to analyse historical forest use as an important driver of current land use/cover

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Equilibrium Theory and Interdisciplinary Borrowing

Dove, M. R. (2006) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822388142-002 · Cited by 20

Beyond the Biophysical

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Sacred Groves as Historical and Archaeological Markers in Southern Ghana

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Ground-Truthing Sahelian Greening: Ethnographic and Spatial Evidence from Burkina Faso

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Conservation and Forest Communities in Mexico: Experiences, Visions, and Rights

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AIDS and kitchen gardens: insights from a village in Western Kenya

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Political Ecology and Land Degradation: How Does the Land Lie 21 Years after Blaikie and Brookfield's Land Degradation and Society ?

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Mutual Gains and Distributive Ideologies in South Africa: Theorizing Negotiations between Communities and Protected Areas

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Community-based conservation and protected areas in Namibia : social-ecological linkages for biodiversity

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The Great Green Wall in Senegal: questioning the idea of acceleration through the conflicting temporalities of politics and nature among the Sahelian populations

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Anthropogenic grasslands in Southeast Asia: Sociology of knowledge and implications for agroforestry

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Panther Politics: Neoliberalizing Nature in Southwest Florida

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When rights collide: land grabbing, force and injustice in Uganda

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Historical Ecology and the Explanation of Diversity: Amazonian Case Studies

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Predictions as to the recovery of the vegetation cover destroyed by human activities in the north of western Siberia

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Analysis of temporal changes in vegetation in central Japan by remote sensing and ground data

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Monitoring of vegetation cover changes based on CBERS images

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Problems on Vegetation Construction in Loess Plateau Region

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