Kara Stevens
Current Organizations / Institutes
The organizations/institutes from the scholar's latest article
Kara Stevens has a total of 8 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Daniel Boyd Kramer
Michigan State University
2 shared publications - Angela E. Boag
Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA
1 shared publication - Jianguo Liu
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
1 shared publication - Joel Hartter
Department of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80303-0397, USA
1 shared publication Kenneth A. Frank
Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America; Michigan State University, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
1 shared publication- Kimberly A. Nicholas
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, Lund University Lund Sweden
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 1 January 2017
- Published by Resilience Alliance, Inc. in Ecology and Society
- Vol. 22 (2)
Top 40 questions in coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) research
Kramer, D. B., J. Hartter, A. E. Boag, M. Jain, K. Stevens, K. Ann Nicholas, W. J. McConnell, and J. Liu. 2017. Top 40 questions in coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) research. Ecology and Society 22(2):44. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09429-220244
- 1 January 2017
- Published by Resilience Alliance, Inc. in Ecology and Society
- Vol. 22 (2)
Open AccessTop 40 questions in coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) research
Kramer, D. B., J. Hartter, A. E. Boag, M. Jain, K. Stevens, K. Ann Nicholas, W. J. McConnell, and J. Liu. 2017. Top 40 questions in coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) research. Ecology and Society 22(2):44. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09429-220244
- Open Access
- 30 March 2015
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS ONE
- Vol. 10 (3) , e0121431
Do Social Networks Influence Small-Scale Fishermen’s Enforcement of Sea Tenure?
Resource systems with enforced rules and strong monitoring systems typically have more predictable resource abundance, which can confer economic and social benefits to local communities. Co-management regimes demonstrate better social and ecological outcomes, but require an active role by community members in management activities, such as monitoring and enforcement. Previous work has emphasized understanding what makes fishermen comply with rules. This research takes a different approach to understand what influences an individual to enforce rules, particularly sea tenure. We conducted interviews and used multiple regression and Akaike’s Information Criteria model selection to evaluate the effect of social networks, food security, recent catch success, fisherman’s age and personal gear investment on individual’s enforcement of sea tenure. We found that fishermen’s enforcement of sea tenure declined between the two time periods measured and that social networks, age, food security, and changes in gear investment explained enforcement behavior across three different communities on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast, an area undergoing rapid globalization.
- 30 March 2015
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS ONE
- Vol. 10 (3) , e0121431
Open AccessDo Social Networks Influence Small-Scale Fishermen’s Enforcement of Sea Tenure?
Resource systems with enforced rules and strong monitoring systems typically have more predictable resource abundance, which can confer economic and social benefits to local communities. Co-management regimes demonstrate better social and ecological outcomes, but require an active role by community members in management activities, such as monitoring and enforcement. Previous work has emphasized understanding what makes fishermen comply with rules. This research takes a different approach to understand what influences an individual to enforce rules, particularly sea tenure. We conducted interviews and used multiple regression and Akaike’s Information Criteria model selection to evaluate the effect of social networks, food security, recent catch success, fisherman’s age and personal gear investment on individual’s enforcement of sea tenure. We found that fishermen’s enforcement of sea tenure declined between the two time periods measured and that social networks, age, food security, and changes in gear investment explained enforcement behavior across three different communities on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast, an area undergoing rapid globalization.