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Subsistence Adaptation

Subsistence Adaptation is a socio-ecological strategy within human adaptation to climate in which livelihood practices are modified to maintain basic needs and survival under environmental stress, distinguished by its focus on direct, resource-based coping mechanisms in agrarian, pastoral, or foraging systems.

517

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32.2K

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1.6K

Authors

668

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2017–2026

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Publications

517

Determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia

Temesgen Deressa, Rashid Hassan, Claudia Ringler et al. · Global Environmental Change · 2009 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Production diversity and dietary diversity in smallholder farm households

Kibrom T. Sibhatu, Vijesh V. Krishna, Matin Qaim · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 680 citations · Full text

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Coming into the Country: Early Paleoindian Hunting and Mobility

Robert L. Kelly, Lawrence C. Todd · American Antiquity · 1988 · 570 citations

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Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change

Thomas Tanner, David Lewis, David Wrathall et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2014 · 507 citations · Full text

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Climate change, poverty and livelihoods: adaptation practices by rural mountain communities in Nepal

Popular Gentle, Tek Maraseni · Environmental Science & Policy · 2012 · 470 citations

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Authors

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    James D. Ford

    McGill University, Canada

    6 publications · 589 citations

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  2. GM
    G. M. Monirul Alam

    Gazipur Agricultural University, Bangladesh

    6 publications · 661 citations

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  3. TP
    Tristan Pearce

    University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

    5 publications · 560 citations

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  4. PA
    Philip Antwi‐Agyei

    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

    5 publications · 410 citations

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  5. SE
    Siri Eriksen

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

    5 publications · 130 citations

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Institutions

668

  1. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Kumasi, Ghana

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Addis Ababa University

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    842 citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Guelph

    Guelph, Canada

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    757 citations

  6. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    642 citations

  7. International Livestock Research Institute

    Nairobi, Kenya

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    417 citations

  8. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

    Ås, Norway

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    555 citations

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Venues

  1. Environment Development and Sustainability

    22 publications · 843 citations

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  2. Global Environmental Change

    16 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. Climate and Development

    16 publications · 845 citations

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  4. Regional Environmental Change

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Climatic Change

    15 publications · 818 citations

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