In the last few decades, there have been great advances in the study of how the structure of policy networks affect performance at a systemic level, but more recently public policy and management scholars have begun exploring in more detail how networks form and evolve. In an article published...

1. Complex networks of relationships among and between people and nature (social-ecological networks) play an important role in sustainability; yet we have limited empirical understanding of their temporal dynamics.2. We empirically examine the evolution of a social-ecological network in a...

Despite the high likelihood of infection and substantial yield losses from trunk diseases, many California practitioners wait to adopt field-tested, preventative practices (delayed pruning, double pruning, and application of pruning-wound protectants) until after disease symptoms appear in the...

This review by a multidisciplinary team maps key components and emerging connections within the intellectual landscape of agroecology. We attempt to extend and preview agroecology as a discipline in which agriculture can be conceptualized within the context of global change and studied as a...

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of integrated regional water management (IRWM) in the San Francisco Bay-Area of California for decreasing fragmentation and increasing collaboration among water management stakeholders. The theory identifies the elements of traditional water management...

Many agricultural communities have witnessed the evolution of local partnerships to encourage growers to adopt more sustainable agricultural practices. This study analyzes the evolution and effectiveness of the Sustainable Winegrowing Program (SWP) in Lodi, California. Three different theories...

In this paper we investigate shifts in Twitter network topology resulting from the type of information being shared. We identified communities matching areas of agricultural expertise and measured the core-periphery centralization of network formations resulting from users sharing generic versus...