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Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons

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Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons. / Cinner, J.E.; Lau, J.D.; Bauman, A.G. et al.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 116, No. 52, 26.12.2019, p. 26474-26483.

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Cinner, JE, Lau, JD, Bauman, AG, Feary, DA, Januchowski-Hartley, FA, Rojas, CA, Barnes, ML, Bergseth, BJ, Shum, E, Lahari, R, Ben, J & Graham, NAJ 2019, 'Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 116, no. 52, pp. 26474-26483. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914812116

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Cinner, J. E., Lau, J. D., Bauman, A. G., Feary, D. A., Januchowski-Hartley, F. A., Rojas, C. A., Barnes, M. L., Bergseth, B. J., Shum, E., Lahari, R., Ben, J., & Graham, N. A. J. (2019). Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(52), 26474-26483. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914812116

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Cinner JE, Lau JD, Bauman AG, Feary DA, Januchowski-Hartley FA, Rojas CA et al. Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2019 Dec 26;116(52):26474-26483. Epub 2019 Dec 16. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1914812116

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Cinner, J.E. ; Lau, J.D. ; Bauman, A.G. et al. / Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2019 ; Vol. 116, No. 52. pp. 26474-26483.

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