Article in BioScience · April 2012 doi: 10. 1525/bio

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Figure 5. Cultural (linguistic) groups and ecoregions are closely coupled in the boreal forest region of Alaska (Chapin 

2009). The Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Network site uses understanding of socioecological responses 

to climate change as a platform for exploring and implementing adaptation options that rural Athabascan communities 

would find consistent with their history and current commitment to sustainable subsistence lifestyles. Source: Reprinted 

from F. Stuart Chapin III, “Managing ecosystems sustainably: The key role of resilience.” Pages 29–53 in Chapin FS III, 

Kofinas GP, Folke C, eds. Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship: Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a