Lael Parrott

Biographic Data

ID3709604
NAMELael Parrott
GIVEN NAMESLael
FAMILY NAMEParrott
SIGNATUREPARROTT L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of British Columbia
ORCID0000-0002-3995-3322
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Servicesheds connect people to the landscapes upon which they depend

    Open AccessYiyi Zhang, Hugo Thierry et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2025

    Ecosystem services (ES) are benefits people receive from nature. To sustain these benefits, we need to spatially connect communities benefitting from specific ES with landscape features that generate the ES. A variety of process‐based models support ES assessments by estimating the biophysical supply of ES that comes from landscapes. However, less attention has been given to how ES flow from landscapes to beneficiary groups. A ‘serviceshed’ is de…

  • Re-grounding cumulative effects assessments in ecological resilience

    Open AccessCorrie Greaves, Lael ParrottARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2024References: 52

    Cumulative effects assessments (CEA) evolved to holistically understand and account for the impact of a spectrum of human and natural disturbances on ecosystems. Yet, the practice of CEA has struggled to overcome siloed and reductionist underpinnings common in the impact assessment arena. One way to move CEA towards more integrated approaches is by drawing on the concept of ecological resilience. Despite gaining considerable attention in other ac…

  • A framework for Indigenous climate resilience

    Open AccessJanna Deanne Wale, Lael ParrottARTICLECanadian Geographies /…2024References: 32

    Indigenous communities in British Columbia hold deep relationships with their Lands, and are disproportionately affected by climate change. This study assesses resilience of Indigenous communities to climate change with respect to changes in the traditional seasonal round. Through a decolonizing methodology that is inclusive of a two‐eyed seeing approach, we develop a culturally appropriate framework for assessing climate resilience of Indigenous…

  • Implementation resistance and the human dimensions of connectivity planning

    Open AccessMatthew A Williamson, Lael Parrott et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2023

    Conserving species' ability to traverse the landscape is vital for maintaining biodiversity in the face of global change. Connectivity conservation requires identifying important pathways for species' movements and aligning societal support for conservation of those pathways. Contemporary connectivity analyses emphasize the impacts of topography, vegetation and human footprint on species' movements; but largely ignore the role that attitudes, eco…

  • Lessons learnt from multiple private land conservation programs in Canada to inform species at risk conservation

    Open AccessDana Reiter, Jeremy Pittman et al.ARTICLECanadian Geographies /…2022References: 44

    Action at local scales is needed to reduce documented declines in global biodiversity. Agricultural land constitutes 6.8% of the surface area of Canada, including more than 20 million hectares of grazing pasture alone, providing habitat to many species at risk of extinction. In Canada, where a voluntary stewardship approach is the main strategy for species at risk conservation on privately owned and managed lands, the challenge is to create conse…

  • Planning for ecological connectivity across scales of governance in a multifunctional regional landscape

    Open AccessLael Parrott, Catherine Kyle et al.ARTICLEEcosystems and People2019

    Although a landscape is a single environmental system, human systems of governance at the landscape scale are often fragmented across jurisdictions and diverse stakeholders, impeding coordinated planning to maintain ecological connectivity. We sought solutions to overcome this challenge for wildlife corridor conservation in a rapidly developing, multifunctional landscape in one of North America’s most endangered ecoregions. Circuitscape modelling…

  • Stakeholder engagement with environmental decision support systems

    Open AccessDana Reiter, Wayne Meyer et al.ARTICLECanadian Geographies /…2019Cited by: 1References: 44

    Environmental decision support systems (EDSS) are designed to assist natural resource managers and stakeholders to assess problems and select options for change. EDSS that combine community engagement in developing future scenarios with computer‐based land use planning and modelling tools are widely used internationally. However, these EDSS are often not used after the research and development phase. To best understand why the EDSS are not being …

  • Network Theory in the Assessment of the Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems

    Open AccessRodolphe Gonzalès, Lael ParrottARTICLEGeography Compass2012References: 47

    As human activities increasingly threaten the ecosystems on which they depend, one of the main questions our societies are facing is related to the resilience - seen as a necessary element of sustainability - of social-ecological systems (SESs). SESs are composed of many heterogeneous elements including human actors such as institutions and resource users, and natural components such as land patches, animal species, etc. The numerous relationship…

  • Agents, Individuals, and Networks

    Open AccessLael Parrott, Clément Chion et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2012Cited by: 1

    Parrott, L., C. Chion, R. Gonzalès and G. Latombe. 2012. Agents, individuals, and networks: modeling methods to inform natural resource management in regional landscapes. Ecology and Society 17(3): 32. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04936-170332