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Community and stakeholder engagement is increasingly recognized as essential to science at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) to address complex issues surrounding food and energy production and water provision for society. Yet no comprehensive framework exists for supporting best practices in community and stakeholder engagement for FEWS. A review and meta-synthesis were undertaken of a broad range of existing models, frameworks, and toolkits for community and stakeholder engagement. A framework is proposed that comprises situational awareness of the FEWS place or problem, creation of a suitable culture for engagement, focus on power-sharing in the engagement process, co-ownership, co-generation of knowledge and outcomes, the technical process of integration, the monitoring processes of reflective and reflexive experiences, and formative evaluation. The framework is discussed as a scaffolding for supporting the development and application of best practices in community and stakeholder engagement in ways that are arguably essential for sound FEWS science and sustainable management.
Andrew Kliskey; Paula Williams; David Griffith; Virginia Dale; Chelsea Schelly; Anna-Maria Marshall; Valoree Gagnon; Weston Eaton; Kristin Floress. Thinking Big and Thinking Small: A Conceptual Framework for Best Practices in Community and Stakeholder Engagement in Food, Energy, and Water Systems. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2160 .
AMA StyleAndrew Kliskey, Paula Williams, David Griffith, Virginia Dale, Chelsea Schelly, Anna-Maria Marshall, Valoree Gagnon, Weston Eaton, Kristin Floress. Thinking Big and Thinking Small: A Conceptual Framework for Best Practices in Community and Stakeholder Engagement in Food, Energy, and Water Systems. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):2160.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrew Kliskey; Paula Williams; David Griffith; Virginia Dale; Chelsea Schelly; Anna-Maria Marshall; Valoree Gagnon; Weston Eaton; Kristin Floress. 2021. "Thinking Big and Thinking Small: A Conceptual Framework for Best Practices in Community and Stakeholder Engagement in Food, Energy, and Water Systems." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2160.
The Mountain Social Ecological Observatory Network (MtnSEON) is a US National Science Foundation-funded Research Coordination Network that focuses on social–ecological systems (SES) science approaches to understanding the vulnerability, resilience, and sustainability of complex mountain landscapes. Papers from members of several MtnSEON working groups are presented in this Special Issue, with topics ranging from applying an SES conceptual approach to social–ecological observatories to dealing with the human aspects of predator–livestock interactions in the American West. All of these articles portray varying degrees of integration of social and ecological sciences and methodologies in order to better address both complex and “wicked” problems inherent to many coupled natural and human systems. The diversity of approaches presented here reflect the different project histories, disciplines being integrated, fields of expertise, and nature of the environmental problems and issues being addressed.
Lilian Alessa; Andrew Kliskey; James Gosz; David Griffith; Amber Ziegler. MtnSEON and social–ecological systems science in complex mountain landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2018, 16, 1 .
AMA StyleLilian Alessa, Andrew Kliskey, James Gosz, David Griffith, Amber Ziegler. MtnSEON and social–ecological systems science in complex mountain landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2018; 16 (S1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLilian Alessa; Andrew Kliskey; James Gosz; David Griffith; Amber Ziegler. 2018. "MtnSEON and social–ecological systems science in complex mountain landscapes." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16, no. S1: 1.
Environmental monitoring and observation by members of local communities have become increasingly common in the US and Canada over the past several decades. During the same period, social–ecological systems (SES) science has been developed to explain and predict human and environmental interactions, but empirical methods to generate matched social and ecological datasets are uncommon. Community‐based observing (CBO) methodologies were developed in the Arctic to allow for production of environmental data in a social context and are also well suited to provide empirical data for SES science. Community‐based observing networks and systems (CBONS) and community observer forums (COF) are methodologies developed from collaborations between community members, researchers, and government agencies. Here, we describe CBONS and COF methodologies, provide examples of their usage, and suggest ways in which they can benefit empirical SES science. We conclude by outlining efforts to expand the use of CBO to new knowledge and geographic domains.
David L Griffith; Lilian Alessa; Andrew Kliskey. Community‐based observing for social–ecological science: lessons from the Arctic. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2018, 16, S44 -S51.
AMA StyleDavid L Griffith, Lilian Alessa, Andrew Kliskey. Community‐based observing for social–ecological science: lessons from the Arctic. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2018; 16 (S1):S44-S51.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid L Griffith; Lilian Alessa; Andrew Kliskey. 2018. "Community‐based observing for social–ecological science: lessons from the Arctic." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16, no. S1: S44-S51.
David L. Griffith; Beau Larkin; Andrew Kliskey; Lilian Alessa; George Newcombe. Expectations for habitat-adapted symbiosis in a winter annual grass. Fungal Ecology 2017, 29, 111 -115.
AMA StyleDavid L. Griffith, Beau Larkin, Andrew Kliskey, Lilian Alessa, George Newcombe. Expectations for habitat-adapted symbiosis in a winter annual grass. Fungal Ecology. 2017; 29 ():111-115.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid L. Griffith; Beau Larkin; Andrew Kliskey; Lilian Alessa; George Newcombe. 2017. "Expectations for habitat-adapted symbiosis in a winter annual grass." Fungal Ecology 29, no. : 111-115.
Dung fungi, such as Sordaria fimicola, generally reproduce sexually with ascospores discharged from mammalian dung after passage through herbivores. Their life cycle is thought to be obligate to dung, and thus their ascospores in Quaternary sediments have been interpreted as evidence of past mammalian herbivore activity. Reports of dung fungi as endophytes would seem to challenge the view that they are obligate to dung. However, endophyte status is controversial because surface-sterilization protocols could fail to kill dung fungus ascospores stuck to the plant surface. Thus, we first tested the ability of representative isolates of three common genera of dung fungi to affect plant growth and fecundity given that significant effects on plant fitness could not result from ascospores merely stuck to the plant surface. Isolates of S. fimicola, Preussia sp., and Sporormiella sp. reduced growth and fecundity of two of three populations of Bromus tectorum, the host from which they had been isolated. In further work with S. fimicola we showed that inoculations of roots of B. tectorum led to some colonization of aboveground tissues. The same isolate of S. fimicola reproduced sexually on inoculated host plant tissues as well as in dung after passage through sheep, thus demonstrating a facultative rather than an obligate life cycle. Finally, plants inoculated with S. fimicola were not preferred by sheep; preference had been expected if the fungus were obligate to dung. Overall, these findings make us question the assumption that these fungi are obligate to dung.
George Newcombe; Jason Campbell; David Griffith; Melissa Baynes; Karen Launchbaugh; Rosemary Pendleton. Revisiting the Life Cycle of Dung Fungi, Including Sordaria fimicola. PLOS ONE 2016, 11, e0147425 .
AMA StyleGeorge Newcombe, Jason Campbell, David Griffith, Melissa Baynes, Karen Launchbaugh, Rosemary Pendleton. Revisiting the Life Cycle of Dung Fungi, Including Sordaria fimicola. PLOS ONE. 2016; 11 (2):e0147425.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Newcombe; Jason Campbell; David Griffith; Melissa Baynes; Karen Launchbaugh; Rosemary Pendleton. 2016. "Revisiting the Life Cycle of Dung Fungi, Including Sordaria fimicola." PLOS ONE 11, no. 2: e0147425.
Effective and standardized assessment of social-ecological systems is crucial for supporting increased resilience of human communities and for developing adaptation strategies. However, few analytical frameworks exist to assess the social-ecological resilience and vulnerability of different landscapes. To help fill the gap in this literature, we investigated the utility of a conceptual social-ecological systems typology by assessing 21 mountain communities in the western United States. Our results show that larger cities or urban areas are generally more resilient than smaller communities, but the variation is not particularly notable. Resilience differences are found most often among communities of different population sizes. In our sample, no community was deemed to be highly vulnerable to socialecological change. More broadly, development of standardized social-ecological systems typologies can be applied toward accommodating unique environmental niches while allowing for cross-comparisons among regions on a broader continental scale.
Mark Altaweel; Arika Virapongse; David Griffith; Lilian Alessa; Andrew Kliskey. A typology for complex social-ecological systems in mountain communities. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy 2015, 11, 1 -13.
AMA StyleMark Altaweel, Arika Virapongse, David Griffith, Lilian Alessa, Andrew Kliskey. A typology for complex social-ecological systems in mountain communities. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy. 2015; 11 (2):1-13.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMark Altaweel; Arika Virapongse; David Griffith; Lilian Alessa; Andrew Kliskey. 2015. "A typology for complex social-ecological systems in mountain communities." Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy 11, no. 2: 1-13.