| From metaphor to measurement: resilience of what to what? S Carpenter, B Walker, JM Anderies, N Abel Ecosystems 4 (8), 765-781, 2001 | 5648 | 2001 |
| Resilience management in social-ecological systems: a working hypothesis for a participatory approach B Walker, S Carpenter, J Anderies, N Abel, G Cumming, M Janssen, ... Conservation ecology 6 (1), 2002 | 2534 | 2002 |
| Ecosystem stewardship: sustainability strategies for a rapidly changing planet FS Chapin, SR Carpenter, GP Kofinas, C Folke, N Abel, WC Clark, ... Trends in ecology & evolution 25 (4), 241-249, 2010 | 1392 | 2010 |
| Resilience, adaptability, and transformability in the Goulburn-Broken Catchment, Australia BH Walker, N Abel, JM Anderies, P Ryan Ecology and society 14 (1), 2009 | 566 | 2009 |
| Sea level rise, coastal development and planned retreat: analytical framework, governance principles and an Australian case study N Abel, R Gorddard, B Harman, A Leitch, J Langridge, A Ryan, ... Environmental science & policy 14 (3), 279-288, 2011 | 433 | 2011 |
| Collapse and reorganization in social-ecological systems: questions, some ideas, and policy implications N Abel, DHM Cumming, JM Anderies Ecology and society 11 (1), 2006 | 394 | 2006 |
| A typology of indigenous engagement in Australian environmental management: implications for knowledge integration and social-ecological system sustainability R Hill, C Grant, M George, CJ Robinson, S Jackson, N Abel Ecology and society 17 (1), 2012 | 349 | 2012 |
| The implementation crisis in conservation planning: could “mental models” help? D Biggs, N Abel, AT Knight, A Leitch, A Langston, NC Ban Conservation Letters 4 (3), 169-183, 2011 | 312 | 2011 |
| An adaptive agent model for analysing co-evolution of management and policies in a complex rangeland system MA Janssen, BH Walker, J Langridge, N Abel Ecological Modelling 131 (2-3), 249-268, 2000 | 261 | 2000 |
| Land degradation, stocking rates and conservation policies in the communal rangelands of Botswana and Zimbabwe NOJ Abel, PM Blaikie Land Degradation & Development 1 (2), 101-123, 1989 | 256 | 1989 |
| Mental models in rangeland research, communication and management. N Abel, H Ross, P Walker The Rangeland Journal 20 (1), 77-91, 1998 | 170 | 1998 |
| The resilience, adaptation and transformation assessment framework: from theory to application D O’Connell, B Walker, N Abel, N Grigg Australia: CSIRO, 2015 | 149 | 2015 |
| Pastoralists' responses to variation of rangeland resources in time and space RRJ McAllister, IJ Gordon, MA Janssen, N Abel Ecological Applications 16 (2), 572-583, 2006 | 146 | 2006 |
| Elephants, people, parks and development: The case of the Luangwa Valley, Zambia N Abel, P Blaikie Environmental Management 10 (6), 735-751, 1986 | 146 | 1986 |
| Adapting transformation and transforming adaptation to climate change using a pathways approach MJ Colloff, R Gorddard, N Abel, B Locatelli, C Wyborn, JRA Butler, ... Environmental Science & Policy 124, 163-174, 2021 | 145 | 2021 |
| Building resilient pathways to transformation when “no one is in charge” insights from Australia's Murray-Darling Basin N Abel, RM Wise, MJ Colloff, BH Walker, JRA Butler, P Ryan, C Norman, ... Ecology and Society 21 (2), 2016 | 130 | 2016 |
| Resilient rangelands-adaptation in complex systems B Walker Panarchy: Understanding transformations in human and natural systems, 293-313, 2002 | 110 | 2002 |
| Revisited: The overstocking controversy in semi-arid Africa R Behnke, N Abel | 107 | 1996 |
| Advancing climate resilient development pathways since the IPCC’s fifth assessment report SE Werners, E Sparkes, E Totin, N Abel, S Bhadwal, JRA Butler, ... Environmental Science & Policy 126, 168-176, 2021 | 99 | 2021 |
| Australian rangelands as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual model and preliminary results JE Gross, RRJ McAllister, N Abel, DMS Smith, Y Maru Environmental modelling & software 21 (9), 1264-1272, 2006 | 99 | 2006 |
