Resilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal

In attempting to predict the impact of major ecological or climatic change on livelihoods, insights can be gained by looking at communities who experience extreme seasonal or annual variation. Here, we compare the ecology, economy, and social network of a community of traditional fishers in the Braz...

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Autores principales:	Rafael M. Chiaravalloti, Daniel M. Freitas, Rodrigo A. de Souza, Sumalika Biswas, Andrea Markos, Miraira Noal Manfroi, Mark Dyble
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Publicado:	Resilience Alliance 2021
Materias:	fisheries resilience social-ecological systems socio-networks the pantanal Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9e85410b309344cfaac065476821b25d2021-11-15T16:40:18ZResilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal1708-308710.5751/ES-12433-260230https://doaj.org/article/9e85410b309344cfaac065476821b25d2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol26/iss2/art30/https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087In attempting to predict the impact of major ecological or climatic change on livelihoods, insights can be gained by looking at communities who experience extreme seasonal or annual variation. Here, we compare the ecology, economy, and social network of a community of traditional fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal between the dry season and the flood season in which their wetland ecosystem is transformed. Using data derived from satellite imaging we show that during the flood season of 2019 the total amount of open water accessible to fishers more than doubled and led to drastic qualitative changes. We show that although fishers adapted to this extreme seasonality by changing where, how, and what they fish between seasons, the structure of the social network in our study community did not differ. We argue that strong networks are especially important in social-ecological systems with extreme seasonal changes. More generally, we suggest that case studies of seasonal adaptation such as ours can contribute to a broader understanding of how communities may be able to successfully adapt to novel social-ecological changes.Rafael M. ChiaravallotiDaniel M. FreitasRodrigo A. de SouzaSumalika BiswasAndrea MarkosMiraira Noal ManfroiMark DybleResilience Alliancearticlefisheriesresiliencesocial-ecological systemssocio-networksthe pantanalBiology (General)QH301-705.5EcologyQH540-549.5ENEcology and Society, Vol 26, Iss 2, p 30 (2021)
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topic	fisheries resilience social-ecological systems socio-networks the pantanal Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	fisheries resilience social-ecological systems socio-networks the pantanal Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 Rafael M. Chiaravalloti Daniel M. Freitas Rodrigo A. de Souza Sumalika Biswas Andrea Markos Miraira Noal Manfroi Mark Dyble Resilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal
description	In attempting to predict the impact of major ecological or climatic change on livelihoods, insights can be gained by looking at communities who experience extreme seasonal or annual variation. Here, we compare the ecology, economy, and social network of a community of traditional fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal between the dry season and the flood season in which their wetland ecosystem is transformed. Using data derived from satellite imaging we show that during the flood season of 2019 the total amount of open water accessible to fishers more than doubled and led to drastic qualitative changes. We show that although fishers adapted to this extreme seasonality by changing where, how, and what they fish between seasons, the structure of the social network in our study community did not differ. We argue that strong networks are especially important in social-ecological systems with extreme seasonal changes. More generally, we suggest that case studies of seasonal adaptation such as ours can contribute to a broader understanding of how communities may be able to successfully adapt to novel social-ecological changes.
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author	Rafael M. Chiaravalloti Daniel M. Freitas Rodrigo A. de Souza Sumalika Biswas Andrea Markos Miraira Noal Manfroi Mark Dyble
author_facet	Rafael M. Chiaravalloti Daniel M. Freitas Rodrigo A. de Souza Sumalika Biswas Andrea Markos Miraira Noal Manfroi Mark Dyble
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title	Resilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal
title_short	Resilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal
title_full	Resilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal
title_fullStr	Resilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal
title_full_unstemmed	Resilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal
title_sort	resilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the brazilian pantanal
publisher	Resilience Alliance
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/9e85410b309344cfaac065476821b25d
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Resilience of social-ecological systems: drastic seasonal change is associated with economic but not social flexibility among fishers in the Brazilian Pantanal

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