Christian Kull
Full professor

Université de Lausanne
Institut de géographie et durabilité
Mouline - Géopolis 3618
CH-1015 Lausanne
 
 
 
Tél. +41 21 692 3067
Christian.Kull@unil.ch
ORCID 0000-0002-7516-7898
143 Publications:

Volatility: Living with Ravintsara on Madagascar's Opportunistic Frontier
Adams, Chanelle
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)...
2025-10-13
High‐Resolution Satellite Data Improve Insights Into Landscape Fires and Their Drivers in Southeastern Africa
Fernández‐García, V.; Phelps, L. N.; Strydom, T.; Muando, P. J.; Ranaivonasy, J.; Lehmann, C. E. R.; Kull, C. A.
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...
2025-09
10.1029/2024JG008635
Madagascar's environmental and human histories are dynamic, complex and deeply intertwined
Richard, Alison F.; Rakotoarisoa, Jean-Aimé; Radimilahy, Chantal; Kull, Christian A.; Silander, John A.
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...
2025-07-01
10.1017/S0376892925000098
Advancing transdisciplinary research on Madagascar's grassy biomes to support resilience in ecosystems and livelihoods
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,...
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...
2025-05
10.1002/ecm.70011
Ecosystem restoration centered in people
Mansourian, Stephanie; Djenontin, Ida N. S.; Elias, Marlène; Oldekop, Johan A.; Derkyi, Mercy A. A.; Kull, Christian A.; Pacheco, Pablo
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,...
2025-04
10.1111/rec.70049
Situating the “human” in forest landscape restoration
Mansourian, Stephanie; Djenontin, Ida N. S.; Elias, Marlène; Oldekop, Johan A.; Derkyi, Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa; Kull, Christian A.; Pacheco, Pablo
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...
2025-02-24
10.3389/fenvs.2024.1522979
Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored
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;...
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...
2025-01-15
10.1002/ppp3.10635
Reconciling global and local benefits of forest restoration: A shared interdisciplinary perspective
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.
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...
2025-01
10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103381
Power
Shackleton, Ross T.; Fritz, Livia; Kull, Christian A.
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,...
2024-06-20
10.4337/9781035317967.ch87
Pitfalls for the Sustainability of Forest Transitions: Evidence from Southeast Asia
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
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...
2024-04-23
10.1017/s0376892924000079
Madagascar's burned area from Sentinel-2 imagery (2016–2022): Four times higher than from lower resolution sensors
Fernández-García, V.; Franquesa, M.; Kull, C.A.
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...
2024-03
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169929
New Forests and New Forest People in Central Vietnam: The Acacia Boom
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
Richardson, David M.; Le Roux, Johannes J.; Marchante, Elizabete
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...
2023-11-21
10.1079/9781800622197.0025
The Shifting Place of Australian Acacia Species Around the World: Adoption, Uses and Perceptions
Kull, Christian A.; Shackleton, Charlie
Richardson, David M.; Le Roux, Johannes J.; Marchante, Elizabete
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...
2023-11-21
10.1079/9781800622197.0016
The nature of a ‘forest transition' in Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Central Vietnam – A study of land cover changes over five decades
Cochard, Roland; Gravey, Mathieu; Rasera, Luiz Gustavo; Mariethoz, Grégoire; Kull, Christian A.
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....
2023-11
10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106887
Researching Cities, Transforming Ecology: An Investigation into Urban Ecology Agendas
Granjou, Céline; Salomon Cavin, Joëlle; Boisvert, Valérie; Chalmandrier, Maud; Flaminio, Silvia; Kull, Christian; Moretti, Marco
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...
2023-06-01
10.3167/nc.2023.180202
Refining historical burned area data from satellite observations
Fernández-García, Víctor; Kull, Christian A.
• 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...
2023-06
10.1016/j.jag.2023.103350
Production, circulation and application of scientific knowledge: forest hydrology and policy-making in Chile
OPPLIGER URIBE, Astrid
Forests and plant communities play a key role in regulating the hydrological cycle. During the last decades, forest plantations of Eucalyptus species – or Pinus...
2023-03-02
Factors influencing farmers' forestland-use changes over 15 years (2005–2020) in Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam
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.
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...
2023-03-01
10.1505/146554823836838682
Factors associated with deforestation probability in Central Vietnam: a case study in Nam Dong and A Luoi districts
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
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...
2023-02-22
10.1080/13416979.2023.2182259
Navigating power in conservation
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.
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...
2023-01-29
10.1111/csp2.12877
Forests
Kull, Christian A.
Wallenhorst, Nathanaël; Wulf, Christoph
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...
2023
10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_22
Bittersweet cocoa: Certification programmes in Ghana as battlegrounds for power, authority and legitimacy
Amuzu, David; Neimark, Benjamin; Kull, Christian
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...
2022-11
10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.08.002
Governments commit to forest restoration, but what does it take to restore forests?
Mansourian, Stephanie; Kleymann, Hermine; Passardi, Valerie; Winter, Susanne; Derkyi, Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa; Diederichsen, Anita; Gabay, Mónica; Pacheco, Pablo; Vallauri, Daniel; Kull, Christian A
2022-09-09
10.1017/s0376892922000340
Epistemic communities in political ecology: critical deconstruction or radical advocacy?
Desvallées, Lise; Arnauld de Sartre, Xavier; Kull, Christian
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'...
2022-05-19
10.2458/jpe.4702
Madagascar's fire regimes challenge global assumptions about landscape degradation
Phelps, Leanne N.; Andela, Niels; Gravey, Mathieu; Davis, Dylan S.; Kull, Christian A.; Douglass, Kristina; Lehmann, Caroline E. R.
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...
2022-05-18
10.1111/gcb.16206
Consensus and controversy in the discipline of invasion science
Shackleton, Ross T.; Vimercati, Giovanni; Probert, Anna F.; Bacher, Sven; Kull, Christian A.; Novoa, Ana
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...
2022-05-13
10.1111/cobi.13931
Land acquisition through bricolage? Politics of smallholder acacia plantation expansion in upland Central Vietnam
Nguyen, Van Hai Thi; Kull, Christian A.
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...
2022-03-07
10.1080/03066150.2022.2029849
Bassin de l'Oronte : L'eau dans la stratégie du développement, du conflit et de la reconstruction
Haj Asaad, Ahmed
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...
2022-02-04
Tapia woodlands
Kull, Christian A.; Birkinshaw, Christopher R.
Goodman, Steven M.
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...
2022
Fire in highland grasslands: uses, ecology, and history
Kull, Christian A.; Lehmann, Caroline E. R.
Goodman, Steven M.
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...
2022
Lake Users' Perceptions of Environmental Change: Ecosystem Services and Disservices Associated with Aquatic Plants
Wood, Louisa E.; Andriamahefazafy, Mialy Z.; Guilder, James; Kull, Christian A.; Shackleton, Ross T.
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...
2021-05-22
10.3390/w13111459
Recalibrating burdens of blame: Anti-swidden politics and green governance in the Philippine Uplands
Dressler, Wolfram H.; Smith, Will; Kull, Christian A.; Carmenta, Rachel; Pulhin, Juan M.
2021
10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.01.024
The politics of forest transition in contemporary upland Vietnam: Case study in A Luoi, Thua Thien Hue province
Nguyen, Thi Van Hai
2021
Private sector certification programmes and socio-ecological changes in the cocoa landscapes of Ghana: A political ecology study
AMUZU, DAVID
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...
2021
Vietnam's forest cover changes 2005–2016: Veering from transition to (yet more) transaction?
Cochard, Roland; Nguyen, Van Hai Thi; Ngo, Dung Tri; Kull, Christian A.
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...
2020-11
10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105051
Combining Political Ecology and ‘Mésologie' for a New Geography of Rivers?
Lafaye de Micheaux, Flore; Kull, Christian
2020-07-16
10.37773/ees.v3i2.231
The politics of sustaining tuna, fisheries and livelihoods in the Western Indian Ocean. A marine political ecology perspective
Andriamahefazafy, Mialy
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,...
2020-07-14
Integrated Methods for Monitoring the Invasive Potential and Management of Heracleum mantegazzianum (giant hogweed) in Switzerland.
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.
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...
2020-06
10.1007/s00267-020-01282-9
Caring for Tuna of the Western Indian Ocean: Where Politics and Ecology Meet
Andriamahefazafy, Mialy; Kull, Christian A.; Theresine, Patsy; Leste, Pamima; Safina, Echa
2020-05-08
Instaurer l'élevage ovin en Suisse, avec ou sans moutons
Weber, Hélène
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...
2020
The Social Dimensions of Biological Invasions in South Africa
Shackleton, Ross T.; Novoa, Ana; Shackleton, Charlie M.; Kull, Christian A.
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...
2020
10.1007/978-3-030-32394-3_24
The paradox of sustainable tuna fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean: between visions of blue economy and realities of accumulation
Andriamahefazafy, Mialy; Bailey, Megan; Sinan, Hussain; Kull, Christian A.
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...
2019-12-23
10.1007/s11625-019-00751-3
Materializing the blue economy: tuna fisheries and the theory of access in the Western Indian Ocean
Andriamahefazafy, Mialy; Kull, Christian A.
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...
2019-07-25
10.2458/jpe.v26i1
Biting the Bullet: Dealing with the Annual Hunger Gap in the Alaotra, Madagascar
Stoudmann, Natasha; Reibelt, Lena M.; Kull, Christian A.; Garcia, Claude A.; Randriamalala, Mirana; Waeber, Patrick O.
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...
2019-04-10
10.3390/su11072147
Different environmental drivers of alien tree invasion affect different life-stages and operate at different spatial scales
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.
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...
2019-02
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.065
Connected by sea, disconnected by tuna? Challenges to regionalism in the Southwest Indian Ocean
Andriamahefazafy, M.; Kull, C. A.; Campling, L.
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...
2019-01-16
10.1080/19480881.2018.1561240
The role of invasive alien species in shaping local livelihoods and human well-being: A review.
Shackleton, R.T.; Shackleton, C.M.; Kull, C.A.
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...
2019-01-01
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.05.007
From killing lists to healthy country: Aboriginal approaches to weed control in the Kimberley, Western Australia
Bach, T.M.; Kull, C.A.; Rangan, H.
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...
2019-01-01
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.050
Explaining people's perceptions of invasive alien species: A conceptual framework
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.
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...
2019-01
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.04.045
Divergent perceptions of the ‘neo-Australian' forests of lowland eastern Madagascar: Invasions, transitions, and livelihoods
Kull, C.A.; Harimanana, S. L.; Radaniela Andrianoro, A.; Rajoelison, L. G.
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,...
2019-01
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.004
The human and social dimensions of invasion science and management
Shackleton, R. T.; Larson, B. M.H.; Novoa, A.; Richardson, D. M.; Kull, C. A.
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...
2019-01
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.041
Political Ecology of a sacred river: Hydrosocial cycle and govemance of the Ganges, India
Lafaye de Micheaux, Flore
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...
2019
When hydrosociality encounters sediments: Transformed lives and livelihoods in the lower basin of the Ganges River
Lafaye de Micheaux, Flore; Mukherjee, Jenia; Kull, Christian A
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,...
2018-12
10.1177/2514848618813768
Middle-range theories of land system change
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.
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...
2018-11
10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.08.006
Critical Invasion Science: Weeds, Pests, and Aliens
Kull, Christian A.
Lave, Rebecca; Biermann, Christine; Lane, Stuart
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...
2018
10.1007/978-3-319-71461-5_12
Using the ‘regime shift' concept in addressing social-ecological change : Social-ecological regime shifts
Kull, Christian A.; Kueffer, Christoph; Richardson, David M.; Vaz, Ana Sofia; Vicente, Joana R.; Honrado, João Pradinho
‘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...
2018
10.1111/1745-5871.12267
Forest transitions: a new conceptual scheme
Kull, Christian A.
“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...
2017-12-15
10.5194/gh-72-465-2017
Invasion Ecology goes to town : from disdain to sympathy
Salomon Cavin, J.; Kull, C. A.
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...
2017-10-23
10.1007/s10530-017-1588-9
Extent and causes of forest cover changes in Vietnam's provinces 1993–2013: a review and analysis of official data
Cochard, R.; Ngo, D. T.; Waeber, P. O.; Kull, C. A.
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...
2017-06
10.1139/er-2016-0050
The progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science
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.
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...
2017-05
10.1007/s13280-017-0897-7
Chance long-distance or human-mediated dispersal? How Acacia s.l. farnesiana attained its pan-tropical distribution
Bell, K. L.; Rangan, H.; Fernandes, M. M.; Kull, C. A.; Murphy, D. J.
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...
2017-04
10.1098/rsos.170105
L'environnement dans les géographies anglophone et française : émergence, transformations et circulations de la political ecology
Kull, Christian A.; Batterbury, Simon
2017-02-23
10.4000/books.psorbonne.84345
Non-native Species and the Aesthetics of Nature
Kueffer, Christoph; Kull, Christian A.
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...
2017
10.1007/978-3-319-45121-3_20
Integrating ecosystem services and disservices: insights from plant invasions
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.
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...
2017
10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.11.017
La géographie face aux défis environnementaux dans le monde anglophone
Kull, Ch. A.; Batterbury, S.P.J
Chartier, D.; Rodary, E.
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...
2016-01
A proposal for ethical research conduct in Madagascar
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,
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...
2016
10.4314/mcd.v11i1.8
Linking landscape futures with biodiversity conservation strategies in northwest Iberia - A simulation study combining surrogates with a spatio-temporal modelling approach
Santos, Mário; Ferreira, Daniel; Bastos, Rita; Vicente, Joana; Honrado, João; Kueffer, Christoph; Kull, Christian A.; Berger, Uta; Cabral João, Alexandre
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...
2016
10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.04.008
Vers une « géographie environnementale » des fleuves : rapprocher political ecology et mésologie ?
Lafaye de Micheaux, F.; Kull, C.
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...
2016
Bushfire in Madagascar: natural hazard, useful tool, and change agent
Kull, Christian A.
Bankoff, Greg; Christensen, Joseph
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...
2016
10.1057/978-1-349-94857-4
Political ecology and resilience: competing interdisciplinarities?
KULL, Christian A.; RANGAN, Haripriya
Hubert, Bernard; Mathieu, Nicole
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...
2016
10.3726/978-3-0352-6633-7
Possible roles of introduced plants for native vertebrate conservation: the case of Madagascar
Gérard, Anne; Ganzhorn, Jörg U.; Kull, Christian A.; Carrière, Stéphanie M.
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...
2015-11
10.1111/rec.12246
The history of introduction of the African baobab (Adansonia digitata, Malvaceae: Bombacoideae) in the Indian subcontinent
Bell, K.L.; Rangan, H.; Kull, C.A.; Murphy, D.J.
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,...
2015-09
10.1098/rsos.150370
French research traditions on peasant agricultural systems: a convergence with political ecology?
Gautier, Denis; Kull, Ch. A
Perrault, T.; Bridge, G.; McCarthy, J.
2015
Food traditions and landscape histories of the Indian Ocean World : theoretical and methodological reflections
Rangan, H.; Alpers, E.; Denham, T.; Kull Ch. A.,; Carney, J.
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...
2015
10.3197/096734015X14183179969863
Dry forests in Madagascar: neglected and under pressure
Waeber, P.O.; Wilmé, L.; Ramamonjisoa, B.; Garcia, C.; Rakotomalala, D.; Rabemananjara, Z.H.; Kull, C.A.; Ganzhorn, J.U.; Sorg, J.-P.
(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...
2015
10.1505/146554815815834822
Living with invasive plants in the Anthropocene : the importance of understanding practice and experience
Head, L.; Larson, B. M. H.; Hobbs, R.; Atchison, J.; Gill, N.; Kull, Ch.; Rangan, H.
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...
2015
10.4103/0972-4923.170411
Peatlands and plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia : Complex realities for resource governance, rural development and climate change mitigation
Thorburn, C. C.; Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2015
10.1111/apv.12045
Marooned plants : vernacular naming practices in the Mascarene Islands
Kull Ch. A.,; Alpers, E.; Tassin, J.
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...
2015
10.3197/096734015X14183179969746
A melting pot world of species : reply to Speziale et al.
Tassin, J.; Kull, Ch. A.
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,...
2015
10.1111/cobi.12466
Facing the broader dimensions of biological invasions
Tassin, J.; Kull, Ch. A.
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...
2015
10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.07.014
The political ecology of weeds : a scalar approach to landscape transformations
Kull, Ch. A.; Rangan, H.
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...
2015
10.4337/9780857936172.00045
New Genetic and Linguistic Analyses Show Ancient Human Influence on Baobab Evolution and Distribution in Australia
Rangan, H.; Bell, K. L.; Baum, D. A.; Fowler, R.; McConvell, P.; Saunders, Th.; Spronck, S.; Kull, Ch. A.; Murphy, D. J.
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...
2015
10.1371/journal.pone.0119758
Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration Enhances Rural Livelihoods in Dryland West Africa
Weston, P.; Hong, R.; Kaboré, C.; Kull, Ch. A.
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...
2015
10.1007/s00267-015-0469-1
The political ecology of ecosystem services
Kull, Ch. A.; Arnauld de Sartre, X.; Castro-Larrañaga, M.
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...
2015
10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.03.004
Forest Transition in Madagascar's Highlands: Initial Evidence and Implications
McConnell, William; Viña, Andrés; Kull Christian, A.; Batko, Clayton
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...
2015
10.3390/land4041155
Modernité écologique et services écosystémiques
Arnauld de Sartre, X.; Castro, M.; Hubert, B.; Kull, Ch. A.
Arnauld de Sartre, X.; Castro, M.; Dufour, S.; Oszwald, J.
2014
Pyrogeography, historical ecology, and the human dimensions of fire regimes
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.,
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...
2014
10.1111/jbi.12285
Thorny problems : Industrial pastoralism and managing 'country' in Northwest Queensland
Rangan, H.; Wilson, A.; Kull Ch. A.,
Frawley, J.; McCalman, I.
2014
Approaching invasive species in Madagascar
Kull Ch. A.,; Tassin, J.; Carrière, S. M.
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...
2014
10.4314/mcd.v9i2.2
Genetic diversity and biogeography of the boab Adansonia gregorii (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae)
Bell, K. L.; Rangan, H.; Fowler, R.; Kull Ch. A.,; Pettigrew, J. D.; Vickers, C. E.; Murphy, D. J.
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:...
2014
Protecting lemurs : Madagascar's forests
McConnell, W. J.; Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2014
10.1126/science.344.6182.358-a
Deforestation in Madagascar : debates over the island's forest cover and challenges of measuring forest change
McConnell, W. J.; Kull, Christian A.
Scales, I. R.
2014
The roots, persistence, and character of Madagascar's conservation boom
Kull Ch. A.,
Scales, I. R.
2014
Politicizing land use change in highland Madagascar : struggles with air photo analyses and conservation agendas
Kull Ch. A.,
Brannstrom, Ch.; Vadjunec, J.
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...
2013
The prescribed burning debate in Australia : conflicts and compatibilities
Altangerel, K.; Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2013
10.1080/09640568.2011.652831
Rio+20, biodiversity marginalized
Carrière, S.; Rodary, E.; Méral, Ph.; Serpantié, G.; Boisvert, V.; Kull, Ch.; Lestrelin, G.; Lhoutellier, L.; Moizo, B.; Smektala, G.; Vandevelde, J.-C.
2013
10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00291.x
Melting pots of biodiversity : tropical smallholder farm landscapes as guarantors of sustainability
Kull Ch. A.,; Carriere St. M.,; Moreau, S.; Rakoto Ramiarantsoa, H.; Blanc-Pamard, Ch.; Tassin, J.
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...
2013
10.1080/00139157.2013.765307
The introduced flora of Madagascar
Kull Ch. A.,; Tassin, J.; Moreau, S.; Rakoto Ramiarantsoa, H.; Blanc-Pamard, Ch.; Carrière St. M.,
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...
2012
10.1007/s10530-011-0124-6
L'écologie politique et la question environnementale malgache
Kull Ch. A.,
Rakoto Ramiarantsoa, H.; Blanc-Pamard, Ch.; Pinton, F.
2012
Pour une autre représentation métaphorique des invasions biologiques (Devising other metaphors for biological invasions)
Tassin, J.; Kull Ch. A.,
Résumé Les invasions biologiques apparaissent comme des « objets » hybrides combinant nature et culture, révélateurs d'une transformation des écosystèmes mais aussi des sociétés. La...
2012
10.1051/nss/2012042
Fire and people in tropical island grassland landscapes : Fiji and Madagascar
Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2012
Air photo evidence of historical land cover change in the highlands : wetlands and grasslands give way to crops and woodlots
Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2012
10.4314/mcd.v7i1.7
Science, sentiment and territorial chauvinism in the acacia name change debate
Kull Ch. A.,; Rangan, H.
Haberle, S. G.; David, B.
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...
2012
Australian acacias: useful and (sometimes) weedy
Kull Ch. A.,; Tassin, J.
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,...
2012
10.1007/s10530-012-0244-7
Hybrid improved tree fallows : harnessing invasive legumes for agroforestry
Tassin, J.; Rangan, H.; Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2012
10.1007/s10457-012-9493-9
Adoption, use and perception of Australian acacias around the world
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.
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...
2011
10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00783.x
A native at home and abroad : the history, politics, ethics and aesthetics of Acacia
Carruthers, J.; Robin, L.; Hattingh, J. P.; Kull, Ch. A.; Rangan, H.; van Wilgen, B. W.
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...
2011
10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00779.x
The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth
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.
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....
2011
10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02595.x
From hope to crisis and back again? A critical history of the global CBNRM narrative
Dressler, W. H.; Büscher, B.; Schoon, M.; Brockington, D.; Hayes, T.; Kull Ch. A.,; McCarthy, J.; Shrestha, K.
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...
2010
10.1017/S0376892910000044
The Indian Ocean and the making of Outback Australia : an ecocultural odyssey
Rangan, H.; Kull Ch. A.,
Moorthy, Sh.; Jamal, A.
2010
Forest plantations, water availability, and regional climate change : controversies surrounding Acacia mearnsii plantations in the upper Palni Hills, southern India
Rangan, H.; Kull Ch. A.,; Alexander, L.
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...
2010
10.1007/s10113-009-0098-4
Can invasion patches of "Acacia mearnsii" serve as colonizing sites for native plant species on Réunion (Mascarene archipelago)
Tassin, J.; Médoc, J. M.; Kull Ch. A.,; Rivière, J.-N.; Balent, G.
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...
2009
10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01021.x
Untangling the links between wildlife benefits and community-based conservation at Torra Conservancy, Namibia
Scanlon, L. J.; Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2009
10.1080/03768350802640107
Living with alien invasives : the political ecology of wattle in the eastern highveld Mpumalanga, South Africa
Aitken, M.; Rangan, H.; Kull, Ch. A.
Abstract. A number of Australian trees - particularly acacias ('wattles' or 'mimosas') and eucalypts - have been cultivated over large areas of South Africa for...
2009
Evaluation préliminaire des risques d'invasion par les essences forestières à Madagascar
Tassin, J.; Bellefontaine, R.; Roger, E.; Kull Ch. A.,
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....
2009
What makes ecology 'political'? : rethinking 'scale' in political ecology
Rangan, H.; Kull, Ch. A.
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...
2009
10.1177/0309132508090215
Fire ecology and fire politics in Mali and Madagascar
Kull Ch. A.,; Laris, P.
Cochrane, M. A.
2009
Fire in the Earth System
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.;...
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,...
2009
10.1126/science.1163886
Proposition d'un cadre de représentation des bioinvasions en milieu rural : cas de Acacia dealbata à Madagascar
Tassin, J.; Rakotomanana, R.; Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2009
Invasive Australian acacias on western Indian Ocean islands: a historical and ecological perspective
Kull Christian, A.; Tassin, Jacques; Rambeloarisoa, G.; Sarrailh, J.-M.
2008
10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00892.x
Taming the wild and 'wilding' the tame : tree breeding and dispersal in Australia and the Mediterranean
Breton, C.; Guerin, J.; Ducatillion, C.; Médail, F.; Kull Ch. A.,; Bervillé, A.
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...
2008
10.1016/j.plantsci.2008.05.013
Acacia exchanges: Wattles, thorn trees, and the study of plant movements
Kull Christian, A.; Rangan, Haripriya
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...
2008
10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.09.009
Who should vote where? Geography and fairness in migrant voting rights
Kull Christian, A.
2008
10.1111/j.1745-5871.2008.00539.x
Saving land with a spade : human landscape transformations in the Madagascar highland
Kull Ch. A.,
Kaufmann, J. C.
2008
Landscapes of fire: origins, politics, and questions
Kull Christian, A.
David, Bruno; Thomas, Julian
2008
Tropical forest transitions and globalization: neoliberalism, migration, tourism, and international conservation agendas
Kull Christian, A.; Ibrahim, C.K.; Meredith Thomas, C.
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...
2007
10.1080/08941920701329702
Multifunctional, scrubby, and invasive forests? Wattles in the highlands of Madagascar
Kull Christian, A.; Tassin, Jacques; Rangan, Haripriya
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,...
2007
10.1659/mrd.0864
The politics of decentralizing national parks management in the Philippines
Dressler, W. H.; Kull Ch. A.,; Meredith, T. C.
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...
2006
10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.07.005
Historical landscape photography as a tool for land use change research
Kull Christian, A.
This study applies repeat photography - the comparison of historical and recent landscape photographs from the same camera point - to the case of highland...
2005
10.1080/00291950500375443
Les forêts de tapia des Hautes Terres malgaches
Kull, Christian A.; Ratsirarson, Joelisoa; Randriamboavonjy, G.
2005
Isle of Fire : the Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar
Kull, Christian A.
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...
2004
Uapaca woodlands
Kull Ch. A.,
Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P.
2003
Fire and the management of highland vegetation
Kull Ch. A.,
Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P.
2003
Empowering pyromaniacs in Madagascar : ideology and legitimacy in community-based resource management
Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2002
10.1111/1467-7660.00240
Madagascar's burning issue : the persistent conflict over fire
Kull Ch. A.,
2002
10.1080/00139150209605604
Madagascar aflame : landscape burning as peasant resistance, protest, or a resource management tool?
Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2002
10.1016/S0962-6298(02)00054-9
The "degraded" tapia woodlands of highland Madagascar : rural economy, fire ecology, and forest conservation
Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2002
10.1080/08873630209478290
Deforestation, erosion, and fire : degradation myths in the environmental history of Madagascar
Kull Ch. A.,
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...
2000
10.3197/096734000129342361
Observations on repressive environmental policies and landscape burning strategies in Madagascar
Kull Ch. A.,
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...
1999
Setting the stage : the politics of Madagascar's environmental efforts
Marcus, R. R.; Kull Ch. A.,
1999
Leimavo revisited : agrarian land-use change in the highlands of Madagascar
Kull Ch. A.,
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....
1998
10.1111/0033-0124.00112
The evolution of conservation efforts in Madagascar
Kull Ch. A.,
1996
Controls over landslide distribution in the White Mountains, New Hampshire
Kull Ch. A.,; Magilligan, F. J.
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...
1994
10.1080/02723646.1994.10642520

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