144 Publications:

The Paradox of Just Transitions: Rare Earth Mining in Myanmar's Civil War Author(s): Han, Thi Thi Abstract: En français Le secteur minier joue un rôle important dans la lutte contre le changement climatique en fournissant des minéraux essentiels aux technologies d'énergie propre.... Date de publication: 2026-02-03 Type: doctoral thesis

Volatility: Living with Ravintsara on Madagascar's Opportunistic Frontier Author(s): Adams, Chanelle Abstract: This dissertation traces the dynamic journey and volatile world of ravintsara (a eucalyptol chemotype of the camphor tree, Camphora officinarum, also known as Cinnamomum camphora)... Date de publication: 2025-10-13 Type: doctoral thesis

High‐Resolution Satellite Data Improve Insights Into Landscape Fires and Their Drivers in Southeastern Africa Author(s): Fernández‐García, V.; Phelps, L. N.; Strydom, T.; Muando, P. J.; Ranaivonasy, J.; Lehmann, C. E. R.; Kull, C. A. Abstract: High-resolution time series of burned area derived from Sentinel-2 can advance understanding of the determinants and dynamics of fire by incorporating small fires previously excluded... Date de publication: 2025-09 DOI: 10.1029/2024JG008635 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Madagascar's environmental and human histories are dynamic, complex and deeply intertwined Author(s): Richard, Alison F.; Rakotoarisoa, Jean-Aimé; Radimilahy, Chantal; Kull, Christian A.; Silander, John A. Abstract: Traces of a flawed colonial-era narrative about early settlers destroying 90% of Madagascar's ‘original' island-wide forests persist in recent scientific debates, despite evidence of great... Date de publication: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0376892925000098 Type: journal article Journal: Environmental Conservation

Advancing transdisciplinary research on Madagascar's grassy biomes to support resilience in ecosystems and livelihoods Author(s): Phelps, Leanne N.; Razanatsoa, Estelle; Davis, Dylan S.; Hackel, Jan; Rasolondrainy, Tanambelo; Tiley, George P.; Burney, David; Cox, Ronadh; Godfrey, Laurie; Hempson, Gareth P.; Hixon, Sean; Andermann, Tobias; Andriambololonera, Sylvie; Andriamiarisoa, Lala Roger; Antonelli, Alexandre; Besnard, Guillaume; Birkinshaw, Chris; Bond, William; Chikhi, Lounès; Fernández-García, Víctor; Gillson, Lindsey; Haberle, Simon; Hansford, James; Joseph, Grant S.; Kull, Christian A.; Mangut, Chiamaka L.; Marchant, Rob; Montade, Vincent; Pham,... Abstract: Grassy biomes (savanna and grasslands) are globally extensive and host a unique biodiversity that is of central importance to human livelihoods. We focus here on... Date de publication: 2025-05 DOI: 10.1002/ecm.70011 Type: journal article Journal: Ecological monographs

Ecosystem restoration centered in people Author(s): Mansourian, Stephanie; Djenontin, Ida N. S.; Elias, Marlène; Oldekop, Johan A.; Derkyi, Mercy A. A.; Kull, Christian A.; Pacheco, Pablo Abstract: Ecosystem restoration is primarily led by biodiversity and climate change imperatives, often disregarding associated yet complex social, cultural, political, economic, institutional and behavioral aspects. Ultimately,... Date de publication: 2025-04 DOI: 10.1111/rec.70049 Type: journal article Journal: Restoration Ecology

Situating the “human” in forest landscape restoration Author(s): Mansourian, Stephanie; Djenontin, Ida N. S.; Elias, Marlène; Oldekop, Johan A.; Derkyi, Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa; Kull, Christian A.; Pacheco, Pablo Abstract: Globally, forest landscape restoration (FLR) is gaining ground, alongside other forms of restoration under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. In most cases, projects and... Date de publication: 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1522979 Type: journal article Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science

Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored Author(s): Pilon, Natashi; Peixoto, Franciele; Oliveira, Rafael S.; Oliveira, Ana Carolina C.; Alquéres, Julio; Alvarado, Swanni; Angelo, Jose G. M.; Archibald, Sally; Armani, Mohammed; Baldaszti, Ludwig; Barot, Sébastien; Barros, Fernanda de V.; Barroso, Mario; Bassani, Alessandra; te Beest, Mariska; Benavides-Tocarruncho, Juan; Benitez, Lorena M.; Bernardino, Paulo N.; Bond, William J.; den Braber, Bowy; Buchmann, Nina; Buisson, Elise; Campos, Bruna H.; Campos, Claudia; Canadell, Josep; Charles-Dominique, Tristan;... Abstract: Tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas have historically been neglected in global and local conservation policies. As a result, nearly half of their coverage has... Date de publication: 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10635 Type: journal article Journal: Plants, People, Planet

Reconciling global and local benefits of forest restoration: A shared interdisciplinary perspective Author(s): Mansourian, Stephanie; Adams, William M.; Bouazza, Karma; Ferreira, Joice Nunes; Ganz, David J.; Hurd, Jack; Pagiola, Stefano; Parrotta, John; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno; Ratsifandrihamanana, Nanie; Villalobos, Roger; Walters, Gretchen; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: Restoring ecosystems, and forests in particular, has become a global priority. At larger scales, forest restoration must necessarily reconcile the needs and priorities of multiple... Date de publication: 2025-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103381 Type: journal article Journal: Forest Policy and Economics

Power Author(s): Shackleton, Ross T.; Fritz, Livia; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: Power is important and inherent in inter and transdisciplinary (ITD) research and the implementation of research findings (policy and practice). Power shapes what we know,... Date de publication: 2024-06-20 DOI: 10.4337/9781035317967.ch87 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Elgar Encyclopedia of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity

Pitfalls for the Sustainability of Forest Transitions: Evidence from Southeast Asia Author(s): Kull, Christian A.; Bartmess, Jennifer; Dressler, Wolfram; Gingrich, Simone; Grodzicki, Maciej; Jasikowska, Katarzyna; Lapniewska, Zofia; Mansourian, Stephanie; Nguyen, Thi Hai Van; Persson, Joel; Pichler, Melanie; Rajaonarivelo, Herimino Manoa; Robert, Amélie; Tran, Thang Nam; Woods, Kevin Abstract: The concept of a forest transition, which describes a regional shift from deforestation to forest recovery, tends to equate forest recovery with sustainability, implicitly assuming... Date de publication: 2024-04-23 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892924000079 Type: journal article Journal: Environmental Conservation

Madagascar's burned area from Sentinel-2 imagery (2016–2022): Four times higher than from lower resolution sensors Author(s): Fernández-García, V.; Franquesa, M.; Kull, C.A. Abstract: Madagascar is one of the most burned regions in the world, to the point that it has been called the ‘Isle of fire' or the... Date de publication: 2024-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169929 Type: journal article Journal: Science of the Total Environment

New Forests and New Forest People in Central Vietnam: The Acacia Boom Author(s): Kull, Christian A.; Nguyen, Van Hai Thi; Cochard, Roland; Ngo, Dung Tri; Pham, Thao Phuong Thi; Shackleton, Ross T.; Tran, Canh Quoc; Tran, Thang Nam Editor(s): Richardson, David M.; Le Roux, Johannes J.; Marchante, Elizabete Abstract: Vietnam is the country with the largest area of plantations of Australasian Acacia species (‘wattles') in South-East Asia. Between 6 and 9% of the national... Date de publication: 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1079/9781800622197.0025 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Wattles : Australian Acacia Species Around the World

The Shifting Place of Australian Acacia Species Around the World: Adoption, Uses and Perceptions Author(s): Kull, Christian A.; Shackleton, Charlie Editor(s): Richardson, David M.; Le Roux, Johannes J.; Marchante, Elizabete Abstract: From ornamentals and rehabilitators to resources and invaders, Australian Acacia species (‘wattles') have assumed diverse roles over time in the varied landscapes to which they... Date de publication: 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1079/9781800622197.0016 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Wattles: Australian Acacia Species Around the World

The nature of a ‘forest transition' in Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Central Vietnam – A study of land cover changes over five decades Author(s): Cochard, Roland; Gravey, Mathieu; Rasera, Luiz Gustavo; Mariethoz, Grégoire; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: Informed from historical case studies of land cover change and development in northern countries, forest transition (FT) theories have a tendency to precast specific conclusions.... Date de publication: 2023-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106887 Type: journal article Journal: Land Use Policy

Researching Cities, Transforming Ecology: An Investigation into Urban Ecology Agendas Author(s): Granjou, Céline; Salomon Cavin, Joëlle; Boisvert, Valérie; Chalmandrier, Maud; Flaminio, Silvia; Kull, Christian; Moretti, Marco Abstract: On the last two decades, new academic journals, textbook, research networks and key publications attest to ecologists' rising interest in cities. How did ecologists come... Date de publication: 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.3167/nc.2023.180202 Type: journal article Journal: Nature and Culture

Refining historical burned area data from satellite observations Author(s): Fernández-García, Víctor; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: • The burned area reported by global satellite products is largely biased. •We aimed to correct burned area biases before Sentinel-2 era. •A solution is... Date de publication: 2023-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2023.103350 Type: journal article Journal: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Production, circulation and application of scientific knowledge: forest hydrology and policy-making in Chile Author(s): OPPLIGER URIBE, Astrid Abstract: Forests and plant communities play a key role in regulating the hydrological cycle. During the last decades, forest plantations of Eucalyptus species – or Pinus... Date de publication: 2023-03-02 Type: doctoral thesis

Factors influencing farmers' forestland-use changes over 15 years (2005–2020) in Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam Author(s): Pham, T.P.T.; Tran, N.T.; Kull, C.A.; Shackleton, R.T.; Cochard, R.; Nguyen, T.H.M.; Ngo, T.D.; Nguyen, T.H.V.; Tran, Q.C.; Vu, T.T.T. Abstract: Over the last decades, Vietnam has seen substantial shifts in forest landscape uses and associated livelihoods. We document the livelihood transformations in Nam Dong, a... Date de publication: 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1505/146554823836838682 Type: journal article Journal: The International Forestry Review

Factors associated with deforestation probability in Central Vietnam: a case study in Nam Dong and A Luoi districts Author(s): Tran Quoc, Canh; Tran Nam, Thang; Kull, Christian A.; Nguyen Van, Loi; Dinh, Tai Tien; Cochard, Roland; Shackleton, Ross; Ngo, Dung Tri; Nguyen Hai, Van; Phuong Thao, Pham Thi Abstract: Vietnam is undergoing a forest transition stage with an overall increase in forest cover since the 1990s; however, deforestation and forest degradation of natural forests... Date de publication: 2023-02-22 DOI: 10.1080/13416979.2023.2182259 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Forest Research

Navigating power in conservation Author(s): Shackleton, Ross T.; Walters, Gretchen; Bluwstein, Jevgeniy; Djoudi, Houria; Fritz, Livia; Lafaye de Micheaux, Flore; Loloum, Tristan; Nguyen, Van Thi Hai; Rann Andriamahefazafy, Mialy; Sithole, Samantha S.; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: Conservation research and practice are increasingly engaging with people and drawing on social sciences to improve environmental governance. In doing so, conservation engages with power... Date de publication: 2023-01-29 DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12877 Type: journal article Journal: Conservation Science and Practice

Forests Author(s): Kull, Christian A. Editor(s): Wallenhorst, Nathanaël; Wulf, Christoph Abstract: The Anthropocene draws attention to how humans have increasingly shaped forests in the past, how forest loss and forest planting play a key role in... Date de publication: 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_22 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Handbook of the Anthropocene

Bittersweet cocoa: Certification programmes in Ghana as battlegrounds for power, authority and legitimacy Author(s): Amuzu, David; Neimark, Benjamin; Kull, Christian Abstract: Critical studies on the interlinkages of access, power and sustainability in high value tropical commodity systems are gaining traction in the academic literature. This article... Date de publication: 2022-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.08.002 Type: journal article Journal: Geoforum

Governments commit to forest restoration, but what does it take to restore forests? Author(s): Mansourian, Stephanie; Kleymann, Hermine; Passardi, Valerie; Winter, Susanne; Derkyi, Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa; Diederichsen, Anita; Gabay, Mónica; Pacheco, Pablo; Vallauri, Daniel; Kull, Christian A Date de publication: 2022-09-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892922000340 Type: journal article Journal: Environmental Conservation

Epistemic communities in political ecology: critical deconstruction or radical advocacy? Author(s): Desvallées, Lise; Arnauld de Sartre, Xavier; Kull, Christian Abstract: Abstract Recent political ecology scholarship appears to be turning towards de-growth agendas and radical activism, notably in Europe. These postures diverge somewhat from the 'classical'... Date de publication: 2022-05-19 DOI: 10.2458/jpe.4702 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Political Ecology

Madagascar's fire regimes challenge global assumptions about landscape degradation Author(s): Phelps, Leanne N.; Andela, Niels; Gravey, Mathieu; Davis, Dylan S.; Kull, Christian A.; Douglass, Kristina; Lehmann, Caroline E. R. Abstract: Narratives of landscape degradation are often linked to unsustainable fire use by local communities. Madagascar is a case in point: the island is considered globally... Date de publication: 2022-05-18 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16206 Type: journal article Journal: Global Change Biology

Consensus and controversy in the discipline of invasion science Author(s): Shackleton, Ross T.; Vimercati, Giovanni; Probert, Anna F.; Bacher, Sven; Kull, Christian A.; Novoa, Ana Abstract: Approaches, values and perceptions in invasion science are highly dynamic, and like in other disciplines, views among different people can be somewhat divergent. This has... Date de publication: 2022-05-13 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13931 Type: journal article Journal: Conservation Biology

Land acquisition through bricolage? Politics of smallholder acacia plantation expansion in upland Central Vietnam Author(s): Nguyen, Van Hai Thi; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: Commodity booms can lead to intense pressure to access land resources. We investigate a case in which villagers, far from being passive victims of land... Date de publication: 2022-03-07 DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2022.2029849 Type: journal article Journal: The Journal of Peasant Studies

Bassin de l'Oronte : L'eau dans la stratégie du développement, du conflit et de la reconstruction Author(s): Haj Asaad, Ahmed Abstract: The thesis deals specifically with water use policies and the socioeconomic conditions of its exploitation in Syria. This includes the identification of the contributing elements... Date de publication: 2022-02-04 Type: doctoral thesis

Fire in highland grasslands: uses, ecology, and history Author(s): Kull, Christian A.; Lehmann, Caroline E. R. Editor(s): Goodman, Steven M. Abstract: Each year fires burn across around one-half of the grasslands that cover most of Madagascar's Central Highlands, particularly in open, less densely settled areas. Before... Date de publication: 2022 Type: book part Ouvrage: The New Natural History of Madagascar

Tapia woodlands Author(s): Kull, Christian A.; Birkinshaw, Christopher R. Editor(s): Goodman, Steven M. Abstract: Tapia woodlands (bois de tapia), named after the dominant tapia tree (Uapaca bojeri, Phyllanthaceae), are a type of vegetation found in highland zones of central... Date de publication: 2022 Type: book part Ouvrage: The New Natural History of Madagascar

Lake Users' Perceptions of Environmental Change: Ecosystem Services and Disservices Associated with Aquatic Plants Author(s): Wood, Louisa E.; Andriamahefazafy, Mialy Z.; Guilder, James; Kull, Christian A.; Shackleton, Ross T. Abstract: Lake Léman (Lake Geneva), Switzerland, is known to have undergone major environmental change over the last few decades, including changes in the abundance, distribution, and... Date de publication: 2021-05-22 DOI: 10.3390/w13111459 Type: journal article Journal: Water

Private sector certification programmes and socio-ecological changes in the cocoa landscapes of Ghana: A political ecology study Author(s): AMUZU, DAVID Abstract: Following global consumer demand for ethically and sustainably sourced natural resources and agricultural products, including cocoa, coffee, soybeans, tea, vanilla, etc., private-led governance arrangements such... Date de publication: 2021 Type: doctoral thesis

The politics of forest transition in contemporary upland Vietnam: Case study in A Luoi, Thua Thien Hue province Author(s): Nguyen, Thi Van Hai Date de publication: 2021 Type: doctoral thesis

Recalibrating burdens of blame: Anti-swidden politics and green governance in the Philippine Uplands Author(s): Dressler, Wolfram H.; Smith, Will; Kull, Christian A.; Carmenta, Rachel; Pulhin, Juan M. Date de publication: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.01.024 Type: journal article Journal: Geoforum

Vietnam's forest cover changes 2005–2016: Veering from transition to (yet more) transaction? Author(s): Cochard, Roland; Nguyen, Van Hai Thi; Ngo, Dung Tri; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: In Vietnam, rapid deforestation until the 1980s was followed by a period of widespread reforestation. Acclaimed as the first ‘forest transition' in Southeast Asia, this... Date de publication: 2020-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105051 Type: journal article Journal: World Development

Combining Political Ecology and ‘Mésologie' for a New Geography of Rivers? Author(s): Lafaye de Micheaux, Flore; Kull, Christian Date de publication: 2020-07-16 DOI: 10.37773/ees.v3i2.231 Type: journal article Journal: Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal

The politics of sustaining tuna, fisheries and livelihoods in the Western Indian Ocean. A marine political ecology perspective Author(s): Andriamahefazafy, Mialy Abstract: This thesis aims to expand knowledge regarding the socio-economic and political aspects of the western Indian Ocean (WIO) tuna fisheries at different levels - local,... Date de publication: 2020-07-14 Type: doctoral thesis

Integrated Methods for Monitoring the Invasive Potential and Management of Heracleum mantegazzianum (giant hogweed) in Switzerland. Author(s): Shackleton, R.T.; Petitpierre, B.; Pajkovic, M.; Dessimoz, F.; Brönnimann, O.; Cattin, L.; Čejková, Š.; Kull, C.A.; Pergl, J.; Pyšek, P.; Yoccoz, N.; Guisan, A. Abstract: Biological invasions are a major driver of human-induced global environmental change. This makes monitoring of potential spread, population changes and control measures necessary for guiding... Date de publication: 2020-06 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-020-01282-9 Type: journal article Journal: Environmental Management

Caring for Tuna of the Western Indian Ocean: Where Politics and Ecology Meet Author(s): Andriamahefazafy, Mialy; Kull, Christian A.; Theresine, Patsy; Leste, Pamima; Safina, Echa Date de publication: 2020-05-08 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Sustaining seas: Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care

The Social Dimensions of Biological Invasions in South Africa Author(s): Shackleton, Ross T.; Novoa, Ana; Shackleton, Charlie M.; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: Thischapterexaminescurrentknowledgerelatingtothehumanandsocial dimensions of biological invasions in South Africa. We do so by advancing 12 propo- sitions and examining the evidence for or against each using... Date de publication: 2020 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32394-3_24 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Biological Invasions in South Africa

Instaurer l'élevage ovin en Suisse, avec ou sans moutons Author(s): Weber, Hélène Abstract: Si l'élevage ovin a dominé le paysage rural pendant des millénaires pour ensuite être marginalisé au sein de l'agriculture, il se voit proposer de nouveaux... Date de publication: 2020 Type: doctoral thesis

The paradox of sustainable tuna fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean: between visions of blue economy and realities of accumulation Author(s): Andriamahefazafy, Mialy; Bailey, Megan; Sinan, Hussain; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: For many coastal nations in the Western Indian Ocean, and notably the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles, the tuna fishery is considered one of... Date de publication: 2019-12-23 DOI: 10.1007/s11625-019-00751-3 Type: journal article Journal: Sustainability Science

Materializing the blue economy: tuna fisheries and the theory of access in the Western Indian Ocean Author(s): Andriamahefazafy, Mialy; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: Many African countries are progressively embracing the blue economy. African islands of the western Indian Ocean, however, have been involved in it for more than... Date de publication: 2019-07-25 DOI: 10.2458/jpe.v26i1 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Political Ecology

Biting the Bullet: Dealing with the Annual Hunger Gap in the Alaotra, Madagascar Author(s): Stoudmann, Natasha; Reibelt, Lena M.; Kull, Christian A.; Garcia, Claude A.; Randriamalala, Mirana; Waeber, Patrick O. Abstract: The hunger gap (the annual period of hardship when most crops are growing but not yet ready for harvest) remains a reality for many smallholder... Date de publication: 2019-04-10 DOI: 10.3390/su11072147 Type: journal article Journal: Sustainability

Different environmental drivers of alien tree invasion affect different life-stages and operate at different spatial scales Author(s): Vicente, J.R.; Kueffer, C.; Richardson, D.M.; Vaz, A.S.; Cabral, J.A.; Hui, C.; Araújo, M.B.; Kühn, I.; Kull, C.A.; Verburg, P.H.; Marchante, E.; Honrado, J.P. Abstract: Identifying the key factors driving invasion processes is crucial for designing and implementing appropriate management strategies. In fact, the importance of (model-based) prevention and early... Date de publication: 2019-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.065 Type: journal article Journal: Forest Ecology and Management

Connected by sea, disconnected by tuna? Challenges to regionalism in the Southwest Indian Ocean Author(s): Andriamahefazafy, M.; Kull, C. A.; Campling, L. Abstract: Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles are at the center of industrial tuna extraction in the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO). In this paper, we show that, while... Date de publication: 2019-01-16 DOI: 10.1080/19480881.2018.1561240 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of the Indian Ocean Region

From killing lists to healthy country: Aboriginal approaches to weed control in the Kimberley, Western Australia Author(s): Bach, T.M.; Kull, C.A.; Rangan, H. Abstract: The Australian Government's funding of land management by Aboriginal communities aims to enable them to manage natural and cultural resources according to their values and... Date de publication: 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.050 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of environmental management

The role of invasive alien species in shaping local livelihoods and human well-being: A review. Author(s): Shackleton, R.T.; Shackleton, C.M.; Kull, C.A. Abstract: Invasive alien species are a well-recognised driver of social-ecological change globally. Much research has focused on ecological impacts, but the role of invasive species for... Date de publication: 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.05.007 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of environmental management

Explaining people's perceptions of invasive alien species: A conceptual framework Author(s): Shackleton, R.T.; Richardson, D.M.; Shackleton, C.M.; Bennett, B.; Crowley, S.L.; Dehnen-Schmutz, K.; Estévez, R.A.; Fischer, A.; Kueffer, C.; Kull, C.A.; Marchante, E.; Novoa, A.; Potgieter, L.J.; Vaas, J.; Vaz, A.S.; Larson, B.M.H. Abstract: Human perceptions of nature and the environment are increasingly being recognised as important for environmental management and conservation. Understanding people's perceptions is crucial for understanding... Date de publication: 2019-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.04.045 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Environmental Management

The human and social dimensions of invasion science and management Author(s): Shackleton, R. T.; Larson, B. M.H.; Novoa, A.; Richardson, D. M.; Kull, C. A. Abstract: Biological invasions are a leading causeof global environmental changegiven their effectson both humansandbiodiversity. Humans introduceinvasive alien species and may facilitate their establishment and spread,which can... Date de publication: 2019-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.041 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Environmental Management

Divergent perceptions of the ‘neo-Australian' forests of lowland eastern Madagascar: Invasions, transitions, and livelihoods Author(s): Kull, C.A.; Harimanana, S. L.; Radaniela Andrianoro, A.; Rajoelison, L. G. Abstract: Grevillea banksii (Proteaceae), a non-native shrubby tree, has in the past five decades expanded to cover hundreds of thousands of hectares in lowland eastern Madagascar,... Date de publication: 2019-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.004 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Environmental Management

Political Ecology of a sacred river: Hydrosocial cycle and govemance of the Ganges, India Author(s): Lafaye de Micheaux, Flore Abstract: How do river representations and meanings shape the governance of a river? How does the materiality of a river interfere with socio-political processes? How to... Date de publication: 2019 Type: doctoral thesis

When hydrosociality encounters sediments: Transformed lives and livelihoods in the lower basin of the Ganges River Author(s): Lafaye de Micheaux, Flore; Mukherjee, Jenia; Kull, Christian A Abstract: The hydrosocial cycle is a central analytical framework in political ecological approaches to water. It helps foreground multiple and subtle interactions between water and society,... Date de publication: 2018-12 DOI: 10.1177/2514848618813768 Type: journal article Journal: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

Middle-range theories of land system change Author(s): Meyfroidt, P.; Roy Chowdhury, R.; de Bremond, A.; Ellis, E.C.; Erb, K.-H.; Filatova, T.; Garrett, R.D.; Grove, J.M.; Heinimann, A.; Kuemmerle, T.; Kull, C.A.; Lambin, E.F.; Landon, Y.; le Polain de Waroux, Y.; Messerli, P.; Müller, D.; Nielsen, J.Ø.; Peterson, G.D.; Rodriguez García, V.; Schlüter, M.; Turner, B.L.; Verburg, P.H. Abstract: Changes in land systems generate many sustainability challenges. Identifying more sustainable land-use alternatives requires solid theoretical foundations on the causes of land-use/cover changes. Land system... Date de publication: 2018-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.08.006 Type: journal article Journal: Global Environmental Change

Using the ‘regime shift' concept in addressing social-ecological change : Social-ecological regime shifts Author(s): Kull, Christian A.; Kueffer, Christoph; Richardson, David M.; Vaz, Ana Sofia; Vicente, Joana R.; Honrado, João Pradinho Abstract: ‘Regime shift' has emerged as a key concept in the environmental sciences. The concept has roots in complexity science and its ecological applications, and is... Date de publication: 2018 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.12267 Type: journal article Journal: Geographical Research

Critical Invasion Science: Weeds, Pests, and Aliens Author(s): Kull, Christian A. Editor(s): Lave, Rebecca; Biermann, Christine; Lane, Stuart Abstract: The study of invasive plants and animals calls strongly for a critical approach due to the deeply social nature of invasion landscapes, the power relations... Date de publication: 2018 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71461-5_12 Type: chapter Ouvrage: The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography

Forest transitions: a new conceptual scheme Author(s): Kull, Christian A. Abstract: “Forest transitions” have recently received much attention, particularly in the hope that the historical transitions from net deforestation to forest recovery documented in several temperate... Date de publication: 2017-12-15 DOI: 10.5194/gh-72-465-2017 Type: journal article Journal: Geographica Helvetica

Invasion Ecology goes to town : from disdain to sympathy Author(s): Salomon Cavin, J.; Kull, C. A. Abstract: How can one understand the increasing interest in “urban invasions”, or biological invasions in urban environments? We argue that interest in urban invasions echoes a... Date de publication: 2017-10-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1588-9 Type: journal article Journal: Biological Invasions

Extent and causes of forest cover changes in Vietnam's provinces 1993–2013: a review and analysis of official data Author(s): Cochard, R.; Ngo, D. T.; Waeber, P. O.; Kull, C. A. Abstract: Within a region plagued by deforestation, Vietnam has experienced an exceptional turn-around from net forest loss to forest regrowth. This so-called ‘forest transition', starting in... Date de publication: 2017-06 DOI: 10.1139/er-2016-0050 Type: journal article Journal: Environmental Reviews

The progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science Author(s): Vaz, Ana S.; Kueffer, Christoph; Kull, Christian A.; Richardson, David M.; Schindler, Stefan; Muñoz-Pajares, A. Jesús; Vicente, Joana R.; Martins, João; Hui, Cang; Kühn, Ingolf; Honrado, João P. Abstract: Interdisciplinarity is needed to gain knowledge of the ecology of invasive species and invaded ecosystems, and of the human dimensions of biological invasions. We combine... Date de publication: 2017-05 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-017-0897-7 Type: journal article Journal: AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment

Chance long-distance or human-mediated dispersal? How Acacia s.l. farnesiana attained its pan-tropical distribution Author(s): Bell, K. L.; Rangan, H.; Fernandes, M. M.; Kull, C. A.; Murphy, D. J. Abstract: Acacia s.l. farnesiana, which originates from Mesoamerica, is the most widely distributed Acacia s.l. species across the tropics. It is assumed that the plant was... Date de publication: 2017-04 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170105 Type: journal article Journal: Royal Society Open Science

L'environnement dans les géographies anglophone et française : émergence, transformations et circulations de la political ecology Author(s): Kull, Christian A.; Batterbury, Simon Date de publication: 2017-02-23 DOI: 10.4000/books.psorbonne.84345 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Humanités environnementales: Enquêtes et contre-enquêtes. Édité par Guillaume Blanc, Élise Demeulenaere, Wolf Feuerhahn

Integrating ecosystem services and disservices: insights from plant invasions Author(s): Vaz, Ana S.; Kueffer, Christoph; Kull, Christian A.; Richardson, David M.; Vicente, Joana R.; Kühn, Ingolf; Schröter, Matthias; Hauck, Jennifer; Bonn, Aletta; Honrado, João P. Abstract: There is growing interest in ecosystem disservices, i.e. the negative effects of ecosystems on humans. The focus on disservices has been controversial because of the... Date de publication: 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.11.017 Type: journal article Journal: Ecosystem Services

Non-native Species and the Aesthetics of Nature Author(s): Kueffer, Christoph; Kull, Christian A. Abstract: Howhumansperceiveandjudgenatureandrelateittotheirlifeisshaped by emotional, cognitive, cultural, and social factors. Whether a species is consid- ered native, non-native, or invasive can affect such aesthetics of nature by... Date de publication: 2017 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45121-3_20 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Impact of Biological Invasions on Ecosystem Services

La géographie face aux défis environnementaux dans le monde anglophone Author(s): Kull, Ch. A.; Batterbury, S.P.J Editor(s): Chartier, D.; Rodary, E. Abstract: Dans le monde anglophone, la relation de la discipline géographique aux aspects politiques des problèmes environnementaux a su évoluer en tant que domaine de recherche... Date de publication: 2016-01 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Manifeste pour une géographie environnementale : géographie, écologie, politique

Political ecology and resilience: competing interdisciplinarities? Author(s): KULL, Christian A.; RANGAN, Haripriya Editor(s): Hubert, Bernard; Mathieu, Nicole Abstract: Both “political ecology” and “resilience” (or socio-ecological systems) are research approaches that explicitly claim to be inter- or even post-disciplinary. Both of these “interdisciplines” are... Date de publication: 2016 DOI: 10.3726/978-3-0352-6633-7 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Interdisciplinarités entre Natures et Sociétés: Colloque de Cerisy,

Vers une « géographie environnementale » des fleuves : rapprocher political ecology et mésologie ? Author(s): Lafaye de Micheaux, F.; Kull, C. Abstract: Comment revisiter l'approche intégrée des cours d'eau dans le contexte de l'Anthropocène, pour une meilleure appréhension des enjeux environnementaux, politiques et sociaux autour d'un fleuve... Date de publication: 2016 Type: journal article Journal: Géo-regards. Revue neuchâteloise de géographie

A proposal for ethical research conduct in Madagascar Author(s): Wilmé, Lucienne; Patrick O. Waeber,; François, Moutou; Charlie J. Gardner,; Onja, Razafindratsima; John, Sparks; Christian A. Kull,; Barry, Ferguson; Wilson R. Lourenço,; Paulina D. Jenkins,; Lolona, Ramamonjisoa; David A. Burney,; Porter P. Lowry II, Abstract: Ethical conducts are gaining importance in times of increased globalization and research efforts. This paper presents a code of ethical conduct for researchers who plan... Date de publication: 2016 DOI: 10.4314/mcd.v11i1.8 Type: journal article Journal: Madagascar Conservation and Development

Bushfire in Madagascar: natural hazard, useful tool, and change agent Author(s): Kull, Christian A. Editor(s): Bankoff, Greg; Christensen, Joseph Abstract: Bushfire does not usually figure on lists of natural hazards in Madagascar, despite being damaging hazard on the island. This chapter argues that the lack... Date de publication: 2016 DOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-94857-4 Type: chapter Ouvrage: Natural Hazards and Peoples in the Indian Ocean World: Bordering on Danger

Linking landscape futures with biodiversity conservation strategies in northwest Iberia - A simulation study combining surrogates with a spatio-temporal modelling approach Author(s): Santos, Mário; Ferreira, Daniel; Bastos, Rita; Vicente, Joana; Honrado, João; Kueffer, Christoph; Kull, Christian A.; Berger, Uta; Cabral João, Alexandre Abstract: The most prominent factors inducing landscape change in the rural regions of south west Europe are depopulation and the associated socio-ecological modifications. The aim of... Date de publication: 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.04.008 Type: journal article Journal: Ecological Informatics

Possible roles of introduced plants for native vertebrate conservation: the case of Madagascar Author(s): Gérard, Anne; Ganzhorn, Jörg U.; Kull, Christian A.; Carrière, Stéphanie M. Abstract: Restoration approaches rely on native plants; yet in some situations, natural vegetation may not grow fast enough to prevent the fragmentation of original vegetation and... Date de publication: 2015-11 DOI: 10.1111/rec.12246 Type: journal article Journal: Restoration Ecology

The history of introduction of the African baobab (Adansonia digitata, Malvaceae: Bombacoideae) in the Indian subcontinent Author(s): Bell, K.L.; Rangan, H.; Kull, C.A.; Murphy, D.J. Abstract: To investigate the pathways of introduction of the African baobab, Adansonia digitata, to the Indian subcontinent, we examined 10 microsatellite loci in individuals from Africa,... Date de publication: 2015-09 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150370 Type: journal article Journal: Royal Society Open Science

New Genetic and Linguistic Analyses Show Ancient Human Influence on Baobab Evolution and Distribution in Australia Author(s): Rangan, H.; Bell, K. L.; Baum, D. A.; Fowler, R.; McConvell, P.; Saunders, Th.; Spronck, S.; Kull, Ch. A.; Murphy, D. J. Abstract: This study investigates the role of human agency in the gene flow and geographical distribution of the Australian baobab, Adansonia gregorii. The genus Adansonia is... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119758 Type: journal article Journal: PLoS ONE

Marooned plants : vernacular naming practices in the Mascarene Islands Author(s): Kull Ch. A.,; Alpers, E.; Tassin, J. Abstract: This article explores possible histories of plant exchanges and plant naming tied to the slave trade between East Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. The... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.3197/096734015X14183179969746 Type: journal article Journal: Environment and History

French research traditions on peasant agricultural systems: a convergence with political ecology? Author(s): Gautier, Denis; Kull, Ch. A Editor(s): Perrault, T.; Bridge, G.; McCarthy, J. Date de publication: 2015 Type: chapter Ouvrage: The Routledge Handbook of Political Ecology

Forest Transition in Madagascar's Highlands: Initial Evidence and Implications Author(s): McConnell, William; Viña, Andrés; Kull Christian, A.; Batko, Clayton Abstract: Madagascar is renowned for the loss of the forested habitat of lemurs and other species endemic to the island. Less well known is that in... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.3390/land4041155 Type: journal article Journal: Land

The political ecology of ecosystem services Author(s): Kull, Ch. A.; Arnauld de Sartre, X.; Castro-Larrañaga, M. Abstract: The dominance of ''ecosystem services'' as a guiding concept for environmental management - where it appears as a neutral, obvious, taken-for-granted concept - hides the... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.03.004 Type: journal article Journal: Geoforum

Food traditions and landscape histories of the Indian Ocean World : theoretical and methodological reflections Author(s): Rangan, H.; Alpers, E.; Denham, T.; Kull Ch. A.,; Carney, J. Abstract: Environmental histories of plant exchanges have largely centred on their eco- nomic importance in international trade and on their ecological and social impacts in the... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.3197/096734015X14183179969863 Type: journal article Journal: Environment and History

Peatlands and plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia : Complex realities for resource governance, rural development and climate change mitigation Author(s): Thorburn, C. C.; Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Peatlands play a crucial role in Indonesia's economic development, and in its stated goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Improved peatland management - including a... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12045 Type: journal article Journal: Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Dry forests in Madagascar: neglected and under pressure Author(s): Waeber, P.O.; Wilmé, L.; Ramamonjisoa, B.; Garcia, C.; Rakotomalala, D.; Rabemananjara, Z.H.; Kull, C.A.; Ganzhorn, J.U.; Sorg, J.-P. Abstract: (Article is in English) Les forêts sèches de Madagascar représentent un remarquable écosystème tropical forestier et sont distribuées sur la quasi-totalité du versant occidental jusqu'à... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.1505/146554815815834822 Type: journal article Journal: The International Forestry Review

Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration Enhances Rural Livelihoods in Dryland West Africa Author(s): Weston, P.; Hong, R.; Kaboré, C.; Kull, Ch. A. Abstract: Declining agricultural productivity, land clearance and climate change are compounding the vulnerability of already marginal rural populations in West Africa. 'Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration' (FMNR) is... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0469-1 Type: journal article Journal: Environmental Management

Living with invasive plants in the Anthropocene : the importance of understanding practice and experience Author(s): Head, L.; Larson, B. M. H.; Hobbs, R.; Atchison, J.; Gill, N.; Kull, Ch.; Rangan, H. Abstract: The role of humans in facilitating the rapid spread of plants at a scale that is considered invasive is one manifestation of the Anthropocene, now... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.170411 Type: journal article Journal: Conservation & Society

The political ecology of weeds : a scalar approach to landscape transformations Author(s): Kull, Ch. A.; Rangan, H. Abstract: How do plants that move and spread across landscapes become branded as weeds and thereby objects of contention and control? We outline a political ecology... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.4337/9780857936172.00045 Type: chapter Ouvrage: The International Handbook of Political Ecology

Facing the broader dimensions of biological invasions Author(s): Tassin, J.; Kull, Ch. A. Abstract: Invasive species are an excellent opportunity to think about the nature society desires, particularly in the face of global changes. Nature and human views of... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.07.014 Type: journal article Journal: Land Use Policy

A melting pot world of species : reply to Speziale et al. Author(s): Tassin, J.; Kull, Ch. A. Abstract: Native plants and animals are a natural heritage threatened by one of the six greatest extinction events in Earth's history. Humans, through habitat transformation, exploitation,... Date de publication: 2015 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12466 Type: journal article Journal: Conservation Biology

Protecting lemurs : Madagascar's forests Author(s): McConnell, W. J.; Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Full text sans références: In their Policy Forum "Averting lemur extinctions amid Madagascar's political crisis" (21 February, p. 842), C. Schwitzer and colleagues make an... Date de publication: 2014 DOI: 10.1126/science.344.6182.358-a Type: journal article Journal: Science

Genetic diversity and biogeography of the boab Adansonia gregorii (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae) Author(s): Bell, K. L.; Rangan, H.; Fowler, R.; Kull Ch. A.,; Pettigrew, J. D.; Vickers, C. E.; Murphy, D. J. Abstract: The Kimberley region of Western Australia is recognised for its high biodiversity and many endemic species, including the charismatic boab tree, Adansonia gregorii F.Muell. (Malvaceae:... Date de publication: 2014 Type: journal article Journal: Australian Journal of Botany

Modernité écologique et services écosystémiques Author(s): Arnauld de Sartre, X.; Castro, M.; Hubert, B.; Kull, Ch. A. Editor(s): Arnauld de Sartre, X.; Castro, M.; Dufour, S.; Oszwald, J. Date de publication: 2014 Type: book part Ouvrage: Political ecology des services Écosytémiques

Deforestation in Madagascar : debates over the island's forest cover and challenges of measuring forest change Author(s): McConnell, W. J.; Kull, Christian A. Editor(s): Scales, I. R. Date de publication: 2014 Type: book part Ouvrage: Conservation and Environmental Management in Madagascar

Thorny problems : Industrial pastoralism and managing 'country' in Northwest Queensland Author(s): Rangan, H.; Wilson, A.; Kull Ch. A., Editor(s): Frawley, J.; McCalman, I. Date de publication: 2014 Type: book part Ouvrage: Rethinking invasion ecologies from the environmental humanities

The roots, persistence, and character of Madagascar's conservation boom Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Editor(s): Scales, I. R. Date de publication: 2014 Type: book part Ouvrage: Conservation and Environmental Management in Madagascar

Pyrogeography, historical ecology, and the human dimensions of fire regimes Author(s): Roos Ch. I.,; Bowman, D. M. J. S.; Balch, J. K.; Artaxo, P.; Bond, W. J.; Cochrane, M.; D'Antonio, C. M.; DeFries, R.; Mack, M.; Johnston, F. H.; Krawchuk, M. A.; Kull Ch. A.,; Moritz, M. A.; Pyne, St.; Scott, A. C.; Swetnam Th. W., Abstract: In our 2011 synthesis (Bowman et al., Journal of Biogeography, 2011, 38, 2223-2236), we argued for a holistic approach to human issues in fire science... Date de publication: 2014 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12285 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Biogeography

Approaching invasive species in Madagascar Author(s): Kull Ch. A.,; Tassin, J.; Carrière, S. M. Abstract: While a number of plants, animals, and insects in Madagascar have been called 'invasive', the topic of invasive species has until recently received less attention... Date de publication: 2014 DOI: 10.4314/mcd.v9i2.2 Type: journal article Journal: Madagascar Conservation and Development

Rio+20, biodiversity marginalized Author(s): Carrière, S.; Rodary, E.; Méral, Ph.; Serpantié, G.; Boisvert, V.; Kull, Ch.; Lestrelin, G.; Lhoutellier, L.; Moizo, B.; Smektala, G.; Vandevelde, J.-C. Date de publication: 2013 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00291.x Type: journal article Journal: Conservation Letters

Melting pots of biodiversity : tropical smallholder farm landscapes as guarantors of sustainability Author(s): Kull Ch. A.,; Carriere St. M.,; Moreau, S.; Rakoto Ramiarantsoa, H.; Blanc-Pamard, Ch.; Tassin, J. Abstract: In the rush toward securing food supplies and saving nature, agroecosystems such as small- holder farming landscapes in the tropics appear at times to be... Date de publication: 2013 DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2013.765307 Type: journal article Journal: Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development

Politicizing land use change in highland Madagascar : struggles with air photo analyses and conservation agendas Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Editor(s): Brannstrom, Ch.; Vadjunec, J. Abstract: In Madagascar, questions of economic development and environmental change are paramount, and, given the dependence of most people on agricul- ture, tightly interlinked. As a... Date de publication: 2013 Type: book part Ouvrage: Land Change Science : Political Ecology and Sustainability

The prescribed burning debate in Australia : conflicts and compatibilities Author(s): Altangerel, K.; Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Following the unprecedented series of bushfires in Victoria (Australia) over the past decade, public debate is fierce over the use of prescribed burning to reduce... Date de publication: 2013 DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2011.652831 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Science, sentiment and territorial chauvinism in the acacia name change debate Author(s): Kull Ch. A.,; Rangan, H. Editor(s): Haberle, S. G.; David, B. Abstract: Few would imagine botanical nomenclature to be a hotbed of passion and intrigue, but the vociferous arguments and machinations of botanists regarding the rightful ownership... Date de publication: 2012 Type: book part Ouvrage: Peopled landscapes : archaeological and biogeographic approaches to landscapes

The introduced flora of Madagascar Author(s): Kull Ch. A.,; Tassin, J.; Moreau, S.; Rakoto Ramiarantsoa, H.; Blanc-Pamard, Ch.; Carrière St. M., Abstract: We provide the first comprehensive inventory of the non-native plants on Madagascar since Perrier de la Bâthie's effort 80 years ago, and evaluate the characteristics... Date de publication: 2012 DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0124-6 Type: journal article Journal: Biological Invasions

Fire and people in tropical island grassland landscapes : Fiji and Madagascar Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Little research has focused specifically on fire in Fiji's leeward grass-covered hills and mountains. In this paper, I review what is known about Fiji's grassland... Date de publication: 2012 Type: journal article Journal: The Journal of Pacific Studies

Pour une autre représentation métaphorique des invasions biologiques (Devising other metaphors for biological invasions) Author(s): Tassin, J.; Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Résumé Les invasions biologiques apparaissent comme des « objets » hybrides combinant nature et culture, révélateurs d'une transformation des écosystèmes mais aussi des sociétés. La... Date de publication: 2012 DOI: 10.1051/nss/2012042 Type: journal article Journal: Natures Sciences Sociétés

Air photo evidence of historical land cover change in the highlands : wetlands and grasslands give way to crops and woodlots Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Abstract: RÉSUMÉ Les hautes terres malgaches, dominées par une végétation herbacée, sont des paysages fortement marqués par la gestion productive qu'y exerce l'Homme ; qu'il s'agisse... Date de publication: 2012 DOI: 10.4314/mcd.v7i1.7 Type: journal article Journal: Madagascar Conservation and Development

L'écologie politique et la question environnementale malgache Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Editor(s): Rakoto Ramiarantsoa, H.; Blanc-Pamard, Ch.; Pinton, F. Date de publication: 2012 Type: book part Ouvrage: Géopolitique et environnement : les leçons de l'expérience malgache

Hybrid improved tree fallows : harnessing invasive legumes for agroforestry Author(s): Tassin, J.; Rangan, H.; Kull Ch. A., Abstract: For several decades, agroforestry specialists have promoted the planting of fallow fields with nitrogen-fixing, fast-growing trees or shrubs to accelerate soil rehabilitation and provide secondary... Date de publication: 2012 DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9493-9 Type: journal article Journal: Agroforestry Systems

Australian acacias: useful and (sometimes) weedy Author(s): Kull Ch. A.,; Tassin, J. Abstract: Tim Low's article "Australian acacias, weeds or useful trees?" criticizes aid and development agencies for planting and promoting agroforestry and forestry trees, like Australian acacias,... Date de publication: 2012 DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0244-7 Type: journal article Journal: Biological Invasions

Adoption, use and perception of Australian acacias around the world Author(s): Kull, Ch. A.; Shackleton, Ch. M.; Cunningham, P. J.; Ducatillion, C.; Dufour-Dror, J.-M.; Esler, K. J.; Friday, J. B.; Gouveia, A. C.; Griffin, A. R.; Marchante, E.; Midgley, St. J.; Pauchard, A.; Rangan, H.; Richardson, D. M.; Rinaudo, T.; Tassin, J.; Urgenson, L. S.; von Maltitz, G. P.; Zenni, R. D.; Zylstra, M. J. Abstract: Aim To examine the different uses and perceptions of introduced Australian acacias (wattles; Acacia subgenus Phyllodineae) by rural households and communities. Location Eighteen landscape-scale case... Date de publication: 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00783.x Type: journal article Journal: Diversity and Distributions

A native at home and abroad : the history, politics, ethics and aesthetics of Acacia Author(s): Carruthers, J.; Robin, L.; Hattingh, J. P.; Kull, Ch. A.; Rangan, H.; van Wilgen, B. W. Abstract: Aim Anthropogenic introductions of Australian Acacia spp. that become classed as alien invasive species have consequences besides the physical, spatial and ecological: there are also... Date de publication: 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00779.x Type: journal article Journal: Diversity and Distributions

The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth Author(s): Bowman David, M. J. S.; Balch Jennifer, K.; Artaxo, Paulo; Bond William, J.; Cochrane Mark, A.; D'Antonio Carla, M.; DeFries, Ruth; Johnston Fay, H.; Keeley Jon, E.; Krawchuk, M. A.; Kull Ch. A.,; Mack, M.; Moritz, M. A.; Pyne St. J.,; Roos Ch. I.,; Scott, A. C.; Sodhi, N. S.; Swetnam, T. W. Abstract: Humans and their ancestors are unique in being a fire-making species, but âeuro~naturalâeuro? (i.e. independent of humans) fires have an ancient, geological history on Earth.... Date de publication: 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02595.x Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Biogeography

Forest plantations, water availability, and regional climate change : controversies surrounding Acacia mearnsii plantations in the upper Palni Hills, southern India Author(s): Rangan, H.; Kull Ch. A.,; Alexander, L. Abstract: Plantation forests not only impact carbon and water cycles, but also affect biodiversity, livelihoods, and shape regional economies. Each of these impacts differs across varying... Date de publication: 2010 DOI: 10.1007/s10113-009-0098-4 Type: journal article Journal: Regional Environmental Change

From hope to crisis and back again? A critical history of the global CBNRM narrative Author(s): Dressler, W. H.; Büscher, B.; Schoon, M.; Brockington, D.; Hayes, T.; Kull Ch. A.,; McCarthy, J.; Shrestha, K. Abstract: Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) has been on the ascendancy for several decades and plays a leading role in conservation strategies worldwide. Arriving out of... Date de publication: 2010 DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000044 Type: journal article Journal: Environmental Conservation

The Indian Ocean and the making of Outback Australia : an ecocultural odyssey Author(s): Rangan, H.; Kull Ch. A., Editor(s): Moorthy, Sh.; Jamal, A. Date de publication: 2010 Type: book part Ouvrage: Indian Ocean Studies : Cultural, Social, and Political Perspectives

Untangling the links between wildlife benefits and community-based conservation at Torra Conservancy, Namibia Author(s): Scanlon, L. J.; Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Community wildlife management programmes in southern Africa typically offer residents benefits such as meat, money and jobs in the hopes of improving both conservation outcomes... Date de publication: 2009 DOI: 10.1080/03768350802640107 Type: journal article Journal: Development Southern Africa

Living with alien invasives : the political ecology of wattle in the eastern highveld Mpumalanga, South Africa Author(s): Aitken, M.; Rangan, H.; Kull, Ch. A. Abstract: Abstract. A number of Australian trees - particularly acacias ('wattles' or 'mimosas') and eucalypts - have been cultivated over large areas of South Africa for... Date de publication: 2009 Type: journal article Journal: Études Océan Indien

Fire in the Earth System Author(s): Bowman, D. M. J. S.; Balch, J. K.; Artaxo, P.; Bond, W. J.; Carlson, J.-M.; Cochrane, M. A.; D'Antonio, C. M.; DeFries, R. S.; Doyle, J. C.; Harrison, S. P.; Johnston, F. H.; Keeley, J. E.; Krawchuk, M. A.; Kull Ch. A.,; Marston, J. B.; Moritz, M. A.; Prentice, I. C.; Roos Ch. I.,; Scott, A. C.; Swetnam, T. W.; van der Werf, G. R.;... Abstract: Fire is a worldwide phenomenon that appears in the geological record soon after the appearance of terrestrial plants. Fire influences global ecosystem patterns and processes,... Date de publication: 2009 DOI: 10.1126/science.1163886 Type: journal article Journal: Science

Proposition d'un cadre de représentation des bioinvasions en milieu rural : cas de Acacia dealbata à Madagascar Author(s): Tassin, J.; Rakotomanana, R.; Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Dans certaines situations rurales où se conjuguent pauvreté des populations et rareté des ressources, l'analyse des consé- quences de l'invasion d'une espèce ligneuse nécessite l'emploi... Date de publication: 2009 Type: journal article Journal: Bois et forêts des tropiques

Can invasion patches of "Acacia mearnsii" serve as colonizing sites for native plant species on Réunion (Mascarene archipelago) Author(s): Tassin, J.; Médoc, J. M.; Kull Ch. A.,; Rivière, J.-N.; Balent, G. Abstract: Il est nécessaire de documenter les effets à long terme des invasions de plantes à l'échelle du paysage. Nous avons étudié l'effet potentiellement catalyseur de... Date de publication: 2009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01021.x Type: journal article Journal: African Journal of Ecology

Fire ecology and fire politics in Mali and Madagascar Author(s): Kull Ch. A.,; Laris, P. Editor(s): Cochrane, M. A. Date de publication: 2009 Type: book part Ouvrage: Tropical Fire Ecology : Climate Change, Land Use, and Ecosystem Dynamics

What makes ecology 'political'? : rethinking 'scale' in political ecology Author(s): Rangan, H.; Kull, Ch. A. Abstract: This essay explores the ways in which concepts of scale are deployed in political ecology to explain the outcomes of ecological and social change. It... Date de publication: 2009 DOI: 10.1177/0309132508090215 Type: journal article Journal: Progress in Human Geography

Evaluation préliminaire des risques d'invasion par les essences forestières à Madagascar Author(s): Tassin, J.; Bellefontaine, R.; Roger, E.; Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Il est désormais admis que l'introduc- tion d'une espèce exotique en milieu insulaire s'accompagne toujours d'un risque environnemental, représenté par l'éventuel déclenchement d'une invasion biologique.... Date de publication: 2009 Type: journal article Journal: Bois et forêts des tropiques

Acacia exchanges: Wattles, thorn trees, and the study of plant movements Author(s): Kull Christian, A.; Rangan, Haripriya Abstract: Plants are frequently moved around the world, creating new regional landscapes and environmental imaginaries. Building on previous work in environmental history and geography, we develop... Date de publication: 2008 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.09.009 Type: journal article Journal: Geoforum

Taming the wild and 'wilding' the tame : tree breeding and dispersal in Australia and the Mediterranean Author(s): Breton, C.; Guerin, J.; Ducatillion, C.; Médail, F.; Kull Ch. A.,; Bervillé, A. Abstract: The olive (Olea europaea) and the wattles (mimosas or Acacia spp.) are typical tree species of the Mediterranean and Australia, respectively. Both trees have been... Date de publication: 2008 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2008.05.013 Type: journal article Journal: Plant Science: An international journal of experimental plant biology

Invasive Australian acacias on western Indian Ocean islands: a historical and ecological perspective Author(s): Kull Christian, A.; Tassin, Jacques; Rambeloarisoa, G.; Sarrailh, J.-M. Date de publication: 2008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00892.x Type: journal article Journal: African Journal of Ecology

Who should vote where? Geography and fairness in migrant voting rights Author(s): Kull Christian, A. Date de publication: 2008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2008.00539.x Type: journal article Journal: Geographical Research

Landscapes of fire: origins, politics, and questions Author(s): Kull Christian, A. Editor(s): David, Bruno; Thomas, Julian Date de publication: 2008 Type: book part Ouvrage: Handbook of Landscape Archaeology

Saving land with a spade : human landscape transformations in the Madagascar highland Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Editor(s): Kaufmann, J. C. Date de publication: 2008 Type: book part Ouvrage: Greening the Great Red Island : Madagascar in Nature and Culture

Tropical forest transitions and globalization: neoliberalism, migration, tourism, and international conservation agendas Author(s): Kull Christian, A.; Ibrahim, C.K.; Meredith Thomas, C. Abstract: Deforestation is giving way to forest regeneration in some tropical regions. We investigate such "forest transitions" in two biodiversity-rich countries. A case study near the... Date de publication: 2007 DOI: 10.1080/08941920701329702 Type: journal article Journal: Society & Natural Resources

Multifunctional, scrubby, and invasive forests? Wattles in the highlands of Madagascar Author(s): Kull Christian, A.; Tassin, Jacques; Rangan, Haripriya Abstract: Australian bipinnate acacias, known locally as mimosa, are widespread on the plateaus and mountains of Madagascar. Rarely, however, do these trees attain their full size,... Date de publication: 2007 DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0864 Type: journal article Journal: Mountain Research and Development

The politics of decentralizing national parks management in the Philippines Author(s): Dressler, W. H.; Kull Ch. A.,; Meredith, T. C. Abstract: International donors and state bureaucrats in the developing world have promoted decentralization reform as the primary means to achieve equitable, efficient and sustainable natural resource... Date de publication: 2006 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.07.005 Type: journal article Journal: Political Geography

Les forêts de tapia des Hautes Terres malgaches Author(s): Kull, Christian A.; Ratsirarson, Joelisoa; Randriamboavonjy, G. Date de publication: 2005 Type: journal article Journal: Tany Malagasy / Terre Malgache

Historical landscape photography as a tool for land use change research Author(s): Kull Christian, A. Abstract: This study applies repeat photography - the comparison of historical and recent landscape photographs from the same camera point - to the case of highland... Date de publication: 2005 DOI: 10.1080/00291950500375443 Type: journal article Journal: Norwegian Journal of Geography

Isle of Fire : the Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar Author(s): Kull, Christian A. Abstract: Long considered both best friend and worst enemy to humankind, fire is at once creative and destructive. In the endangered ecosystems of the tropical island... Date de publication: 2004 Type: book

Uapaca woodlands Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Editor(s): Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. Date de publication: 2003 Type: book part Ouvrage: The Natural History of Madagascar

Fire and the management of highland vegetation Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Editor(s): Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. Date de publication: 2003 Type: book part Ouvrage: The Natural History of Madagascar

Madagascar's burning issue : the persistent conflict over fire Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Date de publication: 2002 DOI: 10.1080/00139150209605604 Type: journal article Journal: Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development

Empowering pyromaniacs in Madagascar : ideology and legitimacy in community-based resource management Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Development practitioners frequently rely on community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) as an approach to encourage equitable and sustainable environmental resource use. Based on an analysis... Date de publication: 2002 DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00240 Type: journal article Journal: Development and Change

The "degraded" tapia woodlands of highland Madagascar : rural economy, fire ecology, and forest conservation Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Madagascar is well known for deforestation. However, highland "tapia" (Uapaca bojeri) woodlands may present a counterexample of indigenous management leading to woodland conservation. Contrary to... Date de publication: 2002 DOI: 10.1080/08873630209478290 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Cultural Geography

Madagascar aflame : landscape burning as peasant resistance, protest, or a resource management tool? Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Madagascar has a fire problem: despite a century of anti-fire repression and rhetoric, farmers and herders continue burning about half of the island's grasslands and... Date de publication: 2002 DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(02)00054-9 Type: journal article Journal: Political Geography

Deforestation, erosion, and fire : degradation myths in the environmental history of Madagascar Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Mention of the island nation of Madagascar conjures up images of exotic nature, rampant deforestation, and destructive erosion. Popular descriptions of the island frequently include... Date de publication: 2000 DOI: 10.3197/096734000129342361 Type: journal article Journal: Environment and History

Observations on repressive environmental policies and landscape burning strategies in Madagascar Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Why is it that while environmentalists clamor over fire, to local people it is a non-event? One, because fire is useful, common, and well-adapted environmental... Date de publication: 1999 Type: journal article Journal: African Studies Quarterly

Setting the stage : the politics of Madagascar's environmental efforts Author(s): Marcus, R. R.; Kull Ch. A., Date de publication: 1999 Type: journal article Journal: African Studies Quarterly

Leimavo revisited : agrarian land-use change in the highlands of Madagascar Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Abstract: Describing and explaining land-use change is of critical concern in Madagascar, where land transformations such as deforestation and resulting environmental degradation currently capture widespread attention.... Date de publication: 1998 DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00112 Type: journal article Journal: The Professional Geographer

The evolution of conservation efforts in Madagascar Author(s): Kull Ch. A., Date de publication: 1996 Type: journal article Journal: International Environmental Affairs

Controls over landslide distribution in the White Mountains, New Hampshire Author(s): Kull Ch. A.,; Magilligan, F. J. Abstract: Debris avalanches and other mass wasting deposits are common geomorphic features in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This study, based on air photo interpretation... Date de publication: 1994 DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1994.10642520 Type: journal article Journal: Physical Geography