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47
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4394
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1531

Overview

Kathleen A. Galvin is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with significant contributions to related subfields including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's work covers various topics, with emphasis on Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Transboundary Water Resource Management, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, and Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health.

Notable recent publications by Kathleen A. Galvin include:

  • "Six modes of co-production for sustainability" (2021) published in Nature Sustainability
  • "Locally Based, Regionally Manifested, and Globally Relevant: Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Values, and Practices for Nature" (2021) published in Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • "Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations" (2021) published in Global Environmental Change
  • "Working with Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in large-scale ecological assessments: Reviewing the experience of the IPBES Global Assessment" (2020) published in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Toward a holistic understanding of pastoralism" (2021) published in One Earth

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kathleen A. Galvin include Randall B. Boone, Philip K. Thornton, Robin S. Reid, Jim Ellis, and Ann L. Magennis.

The scientist's work has been featured in multiple publication venues with repeated contributions to Ecology and Society, and single publications in Nature Sustainability, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Global Environmental Change, and Journal of Applied Ecology.

Best Publications

  • The global impact of land-use change

    D. S. Ojima;K. A. Galvin;B. L.I.I. Turner

  • Resilience implications of policy responses to climate change

    W. Neil Adger;Katrina Brown;Donald R. Nelson;Fikret Berkes

  • Transitions: Pastoralists Living with Change

    Kathleen A. Galvin

  • Six modes of co-production for sustainability

    Josephine M. Chambers;Josephine M. Chambers;Josephine M. Chambers;Carina Wyborn;Carina Wyborn;Melanie E. Ryan;Robin S. Reid

  • Fragmentation of rangelands: Implications for humans, animals, and landscapes

    N. Thompson Hobbs;Kathleen A. Galvin;Chris J. Stokes;Jill M. Lackett

  • Dynamics and Resilience of Rangelands and Pastoral Peoples Around the Globe

    Robin S. Reid;María E. Fernández-Giménez;Kathleen A. Galvin

  • Energy Extraction and Use in a Nomadic Pastoral Ecosystem

    M. B. Coughenour;J. E. Ellis;D. M. Swift;D. L. Coppock

  • Locally Based, Regionally Manifested, and Globally Relevant: Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Values, and Practices for Nature

    Eduardo S. Brondízio;Eduardo S. Brondízio;Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas;Peter Bates;Joji Carino

  • Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes

    Kathleen A. Galvin;Robin S. Reid;Roy H. Behnke;N. Thompson Hobbs

  • Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa

    R. S. Reid;D. Nkedianye;D. Nkedianye;M. Y. Said;D. Kaelo

  • Climate Patterns and Land-Use Practices in the Dry Zones of Africa

    Jim Ellis;Kathleen A. Galvin

  • Integrated modeling of land use and cover change

    W. E. Riebsame;W. J. Parton;K. A. Galvin;I. C. Burke

  • Global Significance of Extensive Grazing Lands and Pastoral Societies: An Introduction

    Robin S. Reid;Kathleen A. Galvin;Russell S. Kruska

  • Impacts of climate variability on East African pastoralists: linking social science and remote sensing

    Kathleen A. Galvin;Randall B. Boone;Nicole M. Smith;Stacy J. Lynn

  • Nutritional ecology of pastoralists in dry tropical Africa

    Kathleen A. Galvin

  • Coping Strategies in Livestock-dependent Households in East and Southern Africa: A Synthesis of Four Case Studies

    Philip K. Thornton;Philip K. Thornton;Randall B. Boone;Kathleen A. Galvin;Shauna B. BurnSilver

  • Influence of Aesthetic Appreciation of Wildlife Species on Attitudes towards Their Conservation in Kenyan Agropastoralist Communities

    Joana Roque de Pinho;Joana Roque de Pinho;Clara Grilo;Clara Grilo;Randall B. Boone;Kathleen A. Galvin

  • African community-based conservation: a systematic review of social and ecological outcomes

    Kathleen A. Galvin;Tyler A. Beeton;Matthew W. Luizza

  • Working with Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in large‐scale ecological assessments: Reviewing the experience of the IPBES Global Assessment

    Pamela McElwee;Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares;Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas;Dániel Babai

  • Unexpected climate impacts on the Tibetan Plateau: Local and scientific knowledge in findings of delayed summer

    Julia A. Klein;Kelly A. Hopping;Emily T. Yeh;Yonten Nyima

  • Fragmentation in semi-arid and arid landscapes: consequences for human and natural systems

    Kathleen A. Galvin;Robin S. Reid;Roy H. Behnke;N. Thompson Hobbs

  • Climate variability and impacts on east African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

    Kathleen A Galvin;Philip K Thornton;Randall B Boone;Jennifer Sunderland

Frequent Co-Authors

Randall B. Boone
Randall B. Boone Colorado State University
Robin S. Reid
Robin S. Reid Colorado State University
N. Thompson Hobbs
N. Thompson Hobbs Colorado State University
Philip K. Thornton
Philip K. Thornton Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Dennis S. Ojima
Dennis S. Ojima Colorado State University
Michael B. Coughenour
Michael B. Coughenour Colorado State University
Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez
Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez Colorado State University
Stephen Polasky
Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota
Julia Klein
Julia Klein Colorado State University
Joseph O. Ogutu
Joseph O. Ogutu University of Hohenheim

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