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Lindsay C. Stringer

Lindsay C. Stringer

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
77
Citations
26344
World Ranking
1118
National Ranking
87

Overview

Lindsay C. Stringer is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions spanning 171 publications in this field. Within this broad domain, their work is notably concentrated in several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, and Soil Science.

Themes central to Stringer's research encompass Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management; Land Use and Ecosystem Services; Climate Change impacts on agriculture; Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology; Climate Change, Adaptation, and Migration; Sustainability and Climate Change Governance; and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stringer include Changjia Li, Martin Dallimer, Andrew J. Dougill, Shuai Wang, and Wenxin Zhou.

Key publication venues featuring Stringer's work comprise Anthropocene Science, Land, One Earth, PLoS ONE, and Restoration Ecology.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Stringer include:

  • "Drivers and impacts of changes in China's drylands," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change," 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • "Improving the effectiveness of agricultural extension services in supporting farmers to adapt to climate change: Insights from northeastern Ghana," 2021, Climate Risk Management
  • "Climate change impacts on water security in global drylands," 2021, One Earth
  • "Climate change research and action must look beyond 2100," 2021, Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • Who's in and why? A typology of stakeholder analysis methods for natural resource management.

    Mark S. Reed;Anil Graves;Norman Dandy;Helena Posthumus

  • What is social learning

    Mark Reed;Mark Reed;Anna Clair Evely;Georgina Cundill;Ioan Fazey

  • Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management

    Christopher M. Raymond;Ioan Fazey;Mark S. Reed;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • Unpacking “Participation” in the Adaptive Management of Social–ecological Systems: a Critical Review

    Lindsay C. Stringer;Andrew J. Dougill;Evan Fraser;Klaus Hubacek

  • Drivers and impacts of changes in China’s drylands

    Changjia Li;Bojie Fu;Shuai Wang;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change

    Lea Berrang-Ford;A. R. Siders;Alexandra Lesnikowski;Alexandra Paige Fischer

  • Adaptations to climate change, drought and desertification: local insights to enhance policy in southern Africa

    Lindsay C. Stringer;Jen C. Dyer;Mark S. Reed;Andrew J. Dougill

  • Five principles for the practice of knowledge exchange in environmental management.

    M. S. Reed;L. C. Stringer;I. Fazey;A. C. Evely

  • Mapping the vulnerability of crop production to drought in Ghana using rainfall, yield and socioeconomic data

    Philip Antwi-Agyei;Philip Antwi-Agyei;Evan D.G. Fraser;Evan D.G. Fraser;Andrew J. Dougill;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • Summary for policymakers of the regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    E. Archer;L.E. Dziba;K.J. Mulongoy;Maoela

  • Knowledge exchange: a review and research agenda for environmental management

    Ioan Fazey;Anna C. Evely;Mark S. Reed;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • Using Principal Component Analysis for information-rich socio-ecological vulnerability mapping in Southern Africa

    David J. Abson;Andrew J. Dougill;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • How does the context and design of participatory decision making processes affect their outcomes? Evidence from sustainable land management in global drylands

    Joris de Vente;Mark S. Reed;Lindsay C. Stringer;Sandra Valente

  • Environmental change in moorland landscapes.

    J. Holden;L. Shotbolt;A. Bonn;T. P. Burt

  • Resilient or vulnerable livelihoods? Assessing livelihood dynamics and trajectories in rural Botswana.

    Susannah M. Sallu;Chasca Twyman;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • Combining analytical frameworks to assess livelihood vulnerability to climate change and analyse adaptation options

    M S Reed;G Podesta;I Fazey;N Geeson

  • Participatory scenario development for environmental management: a methodological framework illustrated with experience from the UK uplands

    M.S. Reed;J. Kenter;A. Bonn;A. Bonn;K. Broad

  • Learning from Doing Participatory Rural Research: Lessons from the Peak District National Park

    A J Dougill;E.D.G. Fraser;J. Holden;K Hubacek

  • Adaptation and development pathways for different types of farmers

    Lindsay Stringer;Evan Fraser;David Harris;David Harris;Christopher Lyon

  • Governing long-term social–ecological change: what can the adaptive management and transition management approaches learn from each other?

    Timothy J. Foxon;Mark S. Reed;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • Improving the effectiveness of agricultural extension services in supporting farmers to adapt to climate change: Insights from northeastern Ghana

    Philip Antwi-Agyei;Lindsay Carman Stringer

  • Research, part of a Special Feature on Resilience and Vulnerability of Arid and Semi-Arid Social Ecological Systems Resilient or Vulnerable Livelihoods? Assessing Livelihood Dynamics and Trajectories in Rural Botswana

    Susannah M. Sallu;Chasca Twyman;Lindsay C. Stringer

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Dougill
Andrew J. Dougill University of York
Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College
Evan D. G. Fraser
Evan D. G. Fraser University of Guelph
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen
Martin Dallimer
Martin Dallimer University of Leeds
Joseph Holden
Joseph Holden University of Leeds
Ioan Fazey
Ioan Fazey University of York
Aletta Bonn
Aletta Bonn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Sigrid Stagl
Sigrid Stagl Vienna University of Economics and Business
Tim Burt
Tim Burt Durham University

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