Multiplex social ecological network analysis reveals how social changes affect community robustness more than resource depletion

Jacopo A. Baggio, Shauna BurnSilver, Alex Arenas, James S. Magdanz, Gary P. Kofinas, Manlio De Domenico

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Abstract

Network analysis provides a powerful tool to analyze complex influences of social and ecological structures on community and household dynamics. Most network studies of social-ecological systems use simple, undirected, unweighted networks. We analyze multiplex, directed, and weighted networks of subsistence food flows collected in three small indigenous communities in Arctic Alaska potentially facing substantial economic and ecological changes. Our analysis of plausible future scenarios suggests that changes to social relations and key households have greater effects on community robustness than changes to specific wild food resources.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13708-13713
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume113
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 29 2016

Keywords

  • Climate change
  • Food sharing
  • Mixed subsistence-cash economies
  • Multiplex networks
  • Social-ecological systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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