C M Tucker
Biographic Data
| ID | 13717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C M Tucker |
| GIVEN NAMES | C M |
| FAMILY NAME | Tucker |
| SIGNATURE | TUCKER C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3151-5376 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 183 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Governance of interdependent ecosystem services and common-pool resources
Environmental governance is recognized as a key issue in many natural and social sciences. It is highly relevant for ecosystem services and common-pool resources as well. Both fields overlap yet have typically been studied separately. Therefore, this study aimed a) to examine the emerging body of literature that incorporates concepts from both fields of research and considers governance challenges, and b) to identify policy tools and recommendati…
Fostering sustainability through environmentally friendly coffee production and alternative trade
Coffee has been a focal commodity for efforts to promote sustainability and social justice through alternative trade arrangements. Certifications such as Fairtrade have promised better prices, fair labor practices, environmental sustainability and improved livelihoods for small-scale coffee producers. A growing literature has examined alternative trade outcomes, but it remains an open question whether certifications help producers and their organ…
Research interests, experience, and training of Community Health Workers
The Affordable Care Act includes a call for community health care workers (CHWs) to be integrated into health care delivery systems to improve health care quality. In recent years, there have been increasing calls for community-based participatory research (CBPR) and patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), as such types of research hold much potential for identifying interventions to reduce health and health care disparities. Yet, little is kn…
Challenges for Governing Mountains Sustainably
Governance is increasingly recognized as key to sustainability and human wellbeing in mountain social–ecological systems (MtSES). Mountains present particular challenges for effective governance related to their geographic complexities, status as commons, susceptibility to environmental change, and impacts of external political and socioeconomic processes. This study reports on the results of a global survey of local mountain governance. It explo…
Scenario archetypes reveal risks and opportunities for global mountain futures
Science with society
Linking model design and application for transdisciplinary approaches in social-ecological systems
An integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems
Intersections of ecosystem services and common-pool resources literature
Incorporating multilevel values into the social-ecological systems framework
Van Riper, C. J., A. Thiel, M. Penker, M. Braito, A. C. Landon, J. M. Thomsen, and C. M. Tucker. 2018. Incorporating multilevel values into the social-ecological systems framework. Ecology and Society 23(3):25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10047-230325
The Dominican Republic–Central American Free Trade Agreement’s Symbolic Nod to Environmental Protection
The Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) contains a chapter on the environment, ostensibly included to mitigate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) environmental oversights. The environment chapter created a citizen submission process designed to foster public participation in supporting each participating nation’s environmental laws. This article examines the outcomes to date of the citizen submission proce…
Adaptation in a multi-stressor environment
Assessing the adaptation strategies of farmers facing multiple stressors
Este trabajo analiza los retos y oportunidades que conlleva el diseño, implementación y difusión de un proyecto interdisciplinario que evolucionó en un esfuerzo de coproducción de conocimiento. El proyecto exploró las estrategias de subsistencia de los productores de café en México, Guatemala, Honduras y Costa Rica que se enfrentan a múltiples factores de estrés económico (perturbaciones del mercado y volatilidad de los precios) y físico (variabi…
Private Goods and Common Property
Most research on common property focuses on common-pool goods, which are characterized by difficulty of exclusion and vulnerability to depletion (subtractability). Few studies have addressed common property arrangements for
Learning on governance in forest ecosystems
Research on forest governance has intensified in recent decades with evidence that efforts to mitigate deforestation and encourage sustainable management have had mixed results. This article considers the progress that has been made in understanding the range of variation in forest governance and management experiences. It synthesizes findings of recent interdisciplinary research efforts, with particular attention to work conducted through the Ce…
Learning on governance in forest ecosystems
Research on forest governance has intensified in recent decades with evidence that efforts to mitigate deforestation and encourage sustainable management have had mixed results. This article considers the progress that has been made in understanding the range of variation in forest governance and management experiences. It synthesizes findings of recent interdisciplinary research efforts, with particular attention to work conducted through the Ce…
Perceptions of risk and adaptation
An Approach to Assess Relative Degradation in Dissimilar Forests
Tucker, C. M., J. C. Randolph, T. Evans, K. P. Andersson, L. Persha, and G. M. Green. 2008. An approach to assess relative degradation in dissimilar forests: toward a comparative assessment of institutional outcomes. Ecology and Society 13(1): 4. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02262-130104
Institutions, Biophysical Factors and History
Responding to the coffee crisis
This article explores the impacts of market shocks and institutional change on smallholder livelihoods, and the challenge of adaptation in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. The rapid decline in coffee prices since the dissolution of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989 has had widespread and profound impacts across coffee-producing regions. The data collected in the three case studies of this project confirm the severity of the impact, partic…
Community Organization, Migration, and Remittances in Oaxaca
Researchers studying migration aud development have argued over the potential that migration and associated remittances have to improiie the economic and social conditions in origin communities. Past research on migration from indigenous communities in Oaxaca has similarly questioned tlie compatibility of traditional governance systems with high migration rates. We argue, using evi-dence from four Zapotec commmiitii's in rural Oaxaca, tliat commu…
Market Shocks and Climate Variability
As a result of a dramatic decline in world coffee prices and the restructuring of both domestic and international institutions, coffee farmers have been facing one of the most difficult periods in sector history. In 2003, a comparative case study project (supported by the Small Grant Program of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research) in Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras explored the experiences and responses of coffee farmers to ins…
Community Institutions and Forest Management in Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Reserve
Agrarian communities own the majority of land in the Monarch Butterfly Reserve. Despite publicity surrounding processes of degradation that implicate local residents, certain communities in the reserve have relatively conserved forests. This research explores the factors influencing forest conditions in the reserve with particular attention to the presence of community institutions, as well as political economic contexts, and biophysical and spat…
Sources of Meat in Colonial Diets
The analysis of faunal assemblages from two nineteenth century Tasmanian whaling stations provides information about meat in colonial diets. The assemblages include a combination of native mammal, bird, and fish species and European domesticates. The presence of diverse native species indicates occasional opportunistic hunting rather than a significant incorporation of local fauna in the subsistence system. The bulk of meat consumed was beef, por…
Fragmentation of a Landscape
The relationship between trajectories of forest-cover change and the biophysical and social characteristics of the landscape in the mountains of Western Honduras is addressed. Metrics of land-cover change were used to infer patterns of land-use change, using Landsat TM imagery from 1987, 1991 and 1996. With 15-20% of the land cover changing across each two-date period, the study landscape was very dynamic. Areas of reforestation were significantl…
Responding to the coffee crisis
This article explores the impacts of market shocks and institutional change on smallholder livelihoods, and the challenge of adaptation in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. The rapid decline in coffee prices since the dissolution of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989 has had widespread and profound impacts across coffee-producing regions. The data collected in the three case studies of this project confirm the severity of the impact, partic…
Perceptions of risk and adaptation
Science with society
Private Versus Common Property Forests
Community Institutions and Forest Management in Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Reserve
Agrarian communities own the majority of land in the Monarch Butterfly Reserve. Despite publicity surrounding processes of degradation that implicate local residents, certain communities in the reserve have relatively conserved forests. This research explores the factors influencing forest conditions in the reserve with particular attention to the presence of community institutions, as well as political economic contexts, and biophysical and spat…
Institutions, Biophysical Factors and History
Sources of Meat in Colonial Diets
The analysis of faunal assemblages from two nineteenth century Tasmanian whaling stations provides information about meat in colonial diets. The assemblages include a combination of native mammal, bird, and fish species and European domesticates. The presence of diverse native species indicates occasional opportunistic hunting rather than a significant incorporation of local fauna in the subsistence system. The bulk of meat consumed was beef, por…
Fragmentation of a Landscape
The relationship between trajectories of forest-cover change and the biophysical and social characteristics of the landscape in the mountains of Western Honduras is addressed. Metrics of land-cover change were used to infer patterns of land-use change, using Landsat TM imagery from 1987, 1991 and 1996. With 15-20% of the land cover changing across each two-date period, the study landscape was very dynamic. Areas of reforestation were significantl…
Assessing the adaptation strategies of farmers facing multiple stressors
Este trabajo analiza los retos y oportunidades que conlleva el diseño, implementación y difusión de un proyecto interdisciplinario que evolucionó en un esfuerzo de coproducción de conocimiento. El proyecto exploró las estrategias de subsistencia de los productores de café en México, Guatemala, Honduras y Costa Rica que se enfrentan a múltiples factores de estrés económico (perturbaciones del mercado y volatilidad de los precios) y físico (variabi…
Scenario archetypes reveal risks and opportunities for global mountain futures
An integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems
Learning on governance in forest ecosystems
Research on forest governance has intensified in recent decades with evidence that efforts to mitigate deforestation and encourage sustainable management have had mixed results. This article considers the progress that has been made in understanding the range of variation in forest governance and management experiences. It synthesizes findings of recent interdisciplinary research efforts, with particular attention to work conducted through the Ce…
Linking model design and application for transdisciplinary approaches in social-ecological systems
Intersections of ecosystem services and common-pool resources literature
Governance of interdependent ecosystem services and common-pool resources
Environmental governance is recognized as a key issue in many natural and social sciences. It is highly relevant for ecosystem services and common-pool resources as well. Both fields overlap yet have typically been studied separately. Therefore, this study aimed a) to examine the emerging body of literature that incorporates concepts from both fields of research and considers governance challenges, and b) to identify policy tools and recommendati…
Fostering sustainability through environmentally friendly coffee production and alternative trade
Coffee has been a focal commodity for efforts to promote sustainability and social justice through alternative trade arrangements. Certifications such as Fairtrade have promised better prices, fair labor practices, environmental sustainability and improved livelihoods for small-scale coffee producers. A growing literature has examined alternative trade outcomes, but it remains an open question whether certifications help producers and their organ…
Incorporating multilevel values into the social-ecological systems framework
Van Riper, C. J., A. Thiel, M. Penker, M. Braito, A. C. Landon, J. M. Thomsen, and C. M. Tucker. 2018. Incorporating multilevel values into the social-ecological systems framework. Ecology and Society 23(3):25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10047-230325
Oyster Wars and the Public Trust
Oyster Wars and the Public Trust: Property, Law, and Ecology in New Jersey History. Bonnie J. McCay. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1998. xxxi. 246 pp., illustrations, notes, references, index
Remote Sensing of Permafrost by Ground-Penetrating Radar at Two Airports in Arctic Canada
Over a cycle of seasons, ground-penetrating radar studies were carried out at Inuvik and Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories. The two airports are part of the Forward Operating Location (FOL) program of the Department of National Defence and have been slated for significant upgrading of runways, taxiways and parking aprons. This provided a good opportunity to investigate the extent of permafrost and its seasonal variation at two locations distrib…
Private Versus Common Property Forests
Striving for Sustainable Forest Management in Mexico and Honduras
Can a community achieve economic development while protecting its forests? This question challenges communities for which forests represent a primary resource. Community forestry offers one approach, and two cases from mountainous zones in Mesoamerica illustrate its promise and difficulties. While the communities' exploitation of forest resources is limited, they face problems that reflect issues with wide relevance to the developing world and su…
Oyster Wars and the Public Trust
Oyster Wars and the Public Trust: Property, Law, and Ecology in New Jersey History. Bonnie J. McCay. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1998. xxxi. 246 pp., illustrations, notes, references, index
The Influence of Accessibility, Local Institutions, and Socioeconomic Factors on Forest Cover Change in the Mountains of Western Honduras
Tropical deforestation poses a threat to ecological sustainability and socioeconomic development in many parts of the world. Information on forest transformations is especially pertinent in sensitive ecological zones such as mountainous regions, where forest cover protects steep slopes and thin soils from erosion. Such areas are frequently unsuitable for agriculture, but inhabitants may have few alternatives to meet subsistence needs. Understandi…
Sources of Meat in Colonial Diets
The analysis of faunal assemblages from two nineteenth century Tasmanian whaling stations provides information about meat in colonial diets. The assemblages include a combination of native mammal, bird, and fish species and European domesticates. The presence of diverse native species indicates occasional opportunistic hunting rather than a significant incorporation of local fauna in the subsistence system. The bulk of meat consumed was beef, por…
Fragmentation of a Landscape
The relationship between trajectories of forest-cover change and the biophysical and social characteristics of the landscape in the mountains of Western Honduras is addressed. Metrics of land-cover change were used to infer patterns of land-use change, using Landsat TM imagery from 1987, 1991 and 1996. With 15-20% of the land cover changing across each two-date period, the study landscape was very dynamic. Areas of reforestation were significantl…
Sources of Meat in Colonial Diets
The analysis of faunal assemblages from two nineteenth century Tasmanian whaling stations provides information about meat in colonial diets. The assemblages include a combination of native mammal, bird, and fish species and European domesticates. The presence of diverse native species indicates occasional opportunistic hunting rather than a significant incorporation of local fauna in the subsistence system. The bulk of meat consumed was beef, por…
Community Institutions and Forest Management in Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Reserve
Agrarian communities own the majority of land in the Monarch Butterfly Reserve. Despite publicity surrounding processes of degradation that implicate local residents, certain communities in the reserve have relatively conserved forests. This research explores the factors influencing forest conditions in the reserve with particular attention to the presence of community institutions, as well as political economic contexts, and biophysical and spat…
Community Organization, Migration, and Remittances in Oaxaca
Researchers studying migration aud development have argued over the potential that migration and associated remittances have to improiie the economic and social conditions in origin communities. Past research on migration from indigenous communities in Oaxaca has similarly questioned tlie compatibility of traditional governance systems with high migration rates. We argue, using evi-dence from four Zapotec commmiitii's in rural Oaxaca, tliat commu…
Market Shocks and Climate Variability
As a result of a dramatic decline in world coffee prices and the restructuring of both domestic and international institutions, coffee farmers have been facing one of the most difficult periods in sector history. In 2003, a comparative case study project (supported by the Small Grant Program of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research) in Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras explored the experiences and responses of coffee farmers to ins…
Responding to the coffee crisis
This article explores the impacts of market shocks and institutional change on smallholder livelihoods, and the challenge of adaptation in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. The rapid decline in coffee prices since the dissolution of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989 has had widespread and profound impacts across coffee-producing regions. The data collected in the three case studies of this project confirm the severity of the impact, partic…
Institutions, Biophysical Factors and History
An Approach to Assess Relative Degradation in Dissimilar Forests
Tucker, C. M., J. C. Randolph, T. Evans, K. P. Andersson, L. Persha, and G. M. Green. 2008. An approach to assess relative degradation in dissimilar forests: toward a comparative assessment of institutional outcomes. Ecology and Society 13(1): 4. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02262-130104
Perceptions of risk and adaptation
Private Goods and Common Property
Most research on common property focuses on common-pool goods, which are characterized by difficulty of exclusion and vulnerability to depletion (subtractability). Few studies have addressed common property arrangements for
Learning on governance in forest ecosystems
Research on forest governance has intensified in recent decades with evidence that efforts to mitigate deforestation and encourage sustainable management have had mixed results. This article considers the progress that has been made in understanding the range of variation in forest governance and management experiences. It synthesizes findings of recent interdisciplinary research efforts, with particular attention to work conducted through the Ce…
Learning on governance in forest ecosystems
Research on forest governance has intensified in recent decades with evidence that efforts to mitigate deforestation and encourage sustainable management have had mixed results. This article considers the progress that has been made in understanding the range of variation in forest governance and management experiences. It synthesizes findings of recent interdisciplinary research efforts, with particular attention to work conducted through the Ce…
Assessing the adaptation strategies of farmers facing multiple stressors
Este trabajo analiza los retos y oportunidades que conlleva el diseño, implementación y difusión de un proyecto interdisciplinario que evolucionó en un esfuerzo de coproducción de conocimiento. El proyecto exploró las estrategias de subsistencia de los productores de café en México, Guatemala, Honduras y Costa Rica que se enfrentan a múltiples factores de estrés económico (perturbaciones del mercado y volatilidad de los precios) y físico (variabi…
Adaptation in a multi-stressor environment
The Dominican Republic–Central American Free Trade Agreement’s Symbolic Nod to Environmental Protection
The Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) contains a chapter on the environment, ostensibly included to mitigate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) environmental oversights. The environment chapter created a citizen submission process designed to foster public participation in supporting each participating nation’s environmental laws. This article examines the outcomes to date of the citizen submission proce…
Incorporating multilevel values into the social-ecological systems framework
Van Riper, C. J., A. Thiel, M. Penker, M. Braito, A. C. Landon, J. M. Thomsen, and C. M. Tucker. 2018. Incorporating multilevel values into the social-ecological systems framework. Ecology and Society 23(3):25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10047-230325
An integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems
Intersections of ecosystem services and common-pool resources literature
Linking model design and application for transdisciplinary approaches in social-ecological systems
Geography (22 works) · Business (17 works) · Ecology (15 works) · Economics (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Environmental resource management (12 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (11 works) · Agriculture (10 works) · Biology (10 works) · Forest Management and Policy (9 works)