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80

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Graeme S. Cumming is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science. Their scholarly contributions encompass a range of topics within this broad field, with specific emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research covers key thematic areas including Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Marine and Fisheries Research, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, as well as Urban Green Space and Health.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Graeme S. Cumming include:

  • Georgina G. Gurney
  • Henry A. Bartelet
  • Michele L. Barnes
  • Tiffany H. Morrison
  • Kim C. Zoeller

The scientist has contributed multiple papers published across notable venues. Recent papers include:

  • "Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on biodiversity conservation," 2020, Biological Conservation
  • "Climate change, ecosystems and abrupt change: science priorities," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Advancing understanding of natural resource governance: a post-Ostrom research agenda," 2020, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
  • "Urbanization alters ecosystem service preferences in a Small Island Developing State," 2020, Ecosystem Services
  • "Building blocks of polycentric governance," 2023, Policy Studies Journal

The frequent venues of publication reflect an interdisciplinary reach in environmental and ecological sciences. These venues include:

  • Ecosystems and People
  • Ecology and Society
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Ecosystem Services
  • People and Nature

Best Publications

  • Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

    Terry P. Hughes;James T. Kerry;Mariana Álvarez-Noriega;Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero

  • Resilience Management in Social-ecological Systems: a Working Hypothesis for a Participatory Approach

    Brian Walker;Stephen R. Carpenter;John M. Anderies;Nick Abel

  • Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Terry P. Hughes;Michele L. Barnes;David R. Bellwood;Joshua E. Cinner

  • Scenario Planning: a Tool for Conservation in an Uncertain World

    Garry D. Peterson;Graeme S. Cumming;Stephen R. Carpenter

  • Trade-offs across Space, Time, and Ecosystem Services

    Jon Paul Rodríguez;T. Douglas Beard;Elena M. Bennett;Graeme S. Cumming

  • Scale mismatches in social-ecological systems: Causes, consequences, and solutions

    Graeme S. Cumming;David H. M. Cumming;Charles L. Redman

  • An Exploratory Framework for the Empirical Measurement of Resilience

    G. S. Cumming;G. Barnes;S. Perz;M. Schmink

  • Habitat loss, trophic collapse, and the decline of ecosystem services.

    Andrew P. Dobson;David Lodge;Jackie Alder;Graeme S. Cumming

  • Implications of agricultural transitions and urbanization for ecosystem services

    Graeme S. Cumming;Andreas Buerkert;Ellen M. Hoffmann;Eva Schlecht

  • Getting the measure of ecosystem services: a social–ecological approach

    Belinda Reyers;Belinda Reyers;Reinette Oonsie Biggs;Reinette Oonsie Biggs;Graeme S. Cumming;Thomas Elmqvist

  • Complexity theory for a sustainable future

    Jon Norberg;Graeme S. Cumming

  • Spatial resilience: integrating landscape ecology, resilience, and sustainability

    Graeme S. Cumming

  • Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on biodiversity conservation.

    Richard T. Corlett;Richard B. Primack;Vincent Devictor;Bea Maas

  • Spatial Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems

    Graeme S. Cumming

  • Climate change, ecosystems and abrupt change: science priorities.

    Monica G. Turner;W. John Calder;Graeme S. Cumming;Terry P. Hughes

  • Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities

    J. E. Houlahan;D. J. Currie;K. Cottenie;G. S. Cumming

  • Resilience, experimentation, and scale mismatches in social-ecological landscapes

    Graeme S. Cumming;Per Olsson;F. S. Chapin;C. S. Holling

  • Change and Identity in Complex Systems

    Graeme S. Cumming;John Collier

  • A Systems Model Approach to Determining Resilience Surrogates for Case Studies

    E. M. Bennett;G. S. Cumming;G. D. Peterson

  • Understanding protected area resilience: a multi-scale, social-ecological approach

    Graeme S. Cumming;Craig R. Allen;Natalie C. Ban;Duan Biggs

  • Parasite biodiversity faces extinction and redistribution in a changing climate

    Colin J. Carlson;Kevin R. Burgio;Eric R. Dougherty;Anna J. Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena M. Bennett
Elena M. Bennett McGill University
Garry D. Peterson
Garry D. Peterson Stockholm Resilience Centre
Colleen L. Seymour
Colleen L. Seymour University of Cape Town
Philip A. R. Hockey
Philip A. R. Hockey University of Cape Town
Ralf Seppelt
Ralf Seppelt Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Reinette Biggs
Reinette Biggs Stellenbosch University
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard B. Primack
Richard B. Primack Boston University
Vincent Devictor
Vincent Devictor University of Montpellier
Jane Southworth
Jane Southworth University of Florida

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