Dr Angela Guerrero Gonzalez
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences
Wilson Conservation Ecology Lab
Researcher biography
Angela is an interdisciplinary scientist applying methods from the natural and the social sciences to address environmental problems. Her research is directed to the analysis of complex social-ecological systems where multiple social, economic and environmental objectives and values compete. Angela develops and applies research methods that account for the human and ecological dimensions of conservation and sustainability problems. She draws on systems thinking theory, and applies network science theory and methods to develop approaches that can take into account the complex interdependencies that exist between the human and ecological aspects of environmental problems.
Angela’s post-doctoral work at CBCS included a project on understanding barriers for sustainable production and consumption along supply chains of agricultural commodities, another on identifying barriers and drivers of success for threatened species recovery programs, and a third one on incorporating human values into landscape restoration decisions.
Her doctoral researched investigating the benefits and constraints in collaborative environmental governance, with a focus on scale mismatches and institutional fit.
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Journal Articles
Abeysinghe, Nisansala, O'Bryan, Christopher J., Rhodes, Jonathan R., McDonald-Madden, Eve and Guerrero, Angela M. (2024). Diversity in invasive species management networks. Journal of Environmental Management, 365 121424. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121424
Abeysinghe, Nisansala, O'Bryan, Christopher J., Guerrero, Angela M., Rhodes, Jonathan R. and McDonald‐Madden, Eve (2023). Unravelling how collaboration impacts success of invasive species management. People and Nature, 5 (6), 2093-2106. doi: 10.1002/pan3.10544
Abeysinghe, Nisansala, Guerrero, Angela M., Rhodes, Jonathan R., McDonald-Madden, Eve and O'Bryan, Christopher J. (2023). How success is evaluated in collaborative invasive species management: A systematic review. Journal of Environmental Management, 348 119272, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119272
Jasny, Lorien, Sayles, Jesse, Hamilton, Matthew, Roldan Gomez, Laura, Jacobs, Derric, Prell, Christina, Matous, Petr, Schiffer, Eva, Guererro, Angela M. and Barnes, Michele L. (2022). Reprint of: participant engagement in environmentally focused social network research. Social Networks, 69, 221-234. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2022.01.009
Jasny, Lorien, Sayles, Jesse, Hamilton, Matthew, Roldan Gomez, Laura, Jacobs, Derric, Prell, Christina, Matous, Petr, Schiffer, Eva, Guererro, Angela M. and Barnes, Michele L. (2021). Participant engagement in environmentally focused social network research. Social Networks, 66, 125-138. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2021.01.005
Guerrero, A. M., Sporne, I., McKenna, R. and Wilson, K. A. (2021). Evaluating institutional fit for the conservation of threatened species. Conservation Biology, 35 (5) cobi.13713, 1437-1450. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13713
Guerrero, Angela M., Jones, Natalie A., Ross, Helen, Virah-Sawmy, Malika and Biggs, Duan (2021). What influences and inhibits reduction of deforestation in the soy supply chain? A mental model perspective. Environmental Science and Policy, 115, 125-132. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.10.016
Rhodes, Jonathan R., Guerrero, Angela, Bodin, Örjan and Chadès, Iadine (2020). Fundamental insights on when social‐network data are most critical for conservation planning. Conservation Biology, 34 (6) cobi.13500, 1463-1472. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13500
Friedman, Rachel S., Guerrero, Angela M., McAllister, Ryan R.J., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Santika, Truly, Budiharta, Sugeng, Indrawan, Tito, Hutabarat, Joseph A., Kusworo, Ahmad, Yogaswara, Herry, Meijaard, Erik, St. John, Freya A.V., Struebig, Matthew J. and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2020). Beyond the community in participatory forest management: a governance network perspective. Land Use Policy, 97 104738, 104738. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104738
Guerrero, A. M., Barnes, M., Bodin, O., Chades, I., Davis, K. J., Iftekhar, M. S., Morgans, C. and Wilson, K. A. (2020). Key considerations and challenges in the application of social-network research for environmental decision making. Conservation Biology, 34 (3) cobi.13461, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13461
Bodin, Ö., Alexander, S. M., Baggio, J., Barnes, M. L., Berardo, R., Cumming, G. S., Dee, L. E., Fischer, A. P., Fischer, M., Mancilla Garcia, M., Guerrero, A. M., Hileman, J., Ingold, K., Matous, P., Morrison, T. H., Nohrstedt, D., Pittman, J., Robins, G. and Sayles, J. S. (2019). Improving network approaches to the study of complex social–ecological interdependencies. Nature Sustainability, 2 (7), 551-559. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0308-0
Moon, Katie, Guerrero, Angela M., Adams, Vanessa. M., Biggs, Duan, Blackman, Deborah A., Craven, Luke, Dickinson, Helen and Ross, Helen (2019). Mental models for conservation research and practice. Conservation Letters, 12 (3) e12642, e12642. doi: 10.1111/conl.12642
Clement, Sarah, Guerrero Gonzalez, Angela and Wyborn, Carina (2019). Understanding effectiveness in its broader context: assessing case study methodologies for evaluating collaborative conservation governance. Society and Natural Resources, 33 (4), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2018.1556761
Virah-Sawmy, Malika, Duran, America P., Green, Jonathan M.H., Guerrero, Angela M., Biggs, Duan and West, Chris D. (2019). Sustainability gridlock in a global agricultural commodity chain: reframing the soy–meat food system. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 18, 210-223. doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2019.01.003
Jellinek, Sacha, Wilson, Kerrie A., Hagger, Valerie, Mumaw, Laura, Cooke, Benjamin, Guerrero, Angela M., Erickson, Todd E., Zamin, Tara, Waryszak, Pawel and Standish, Rachel J. (2018). Integrating diverse social and ecological motivations to achieve landscape restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56 (1), 246-252. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13248
Mason, Tom H.E., Pollard, Chris R.J., Chimalakonda, Deepthi, Guerrero, Angela M., Kerr-Smith, Catherine, Milheiras, Sergio A.G., Roberts, Michaela, R. Ngafack, Paul and Bunnefeld, Nils (2018). Wicked conflict: Using wicked problem thinking for holistic management of conservation conflict. Conservation Letters, 11 (6) e12460, e12460. doi: 10.1111/conl.12460
Guerrero, Angela M., Bennett, Nathan J., Wilson, Kerrie A., Carter, Neil, Gill, David, Mills, Morena, Ives, Christopher D., Selinske, Matthew J., Larrosa, Cecilia, Bekessy, Sarah, Januchowski-Hartley, Fraser A., Travers, Henry, Wyborn, Carina A. and Nuno, Ana (2018). Achieving the promise of integration in social-ecological research: a review and prospectus. Ecology and Society, 23 (3) art38. doi: 10.5751/ES-10232-230338
Guerrero, Angela M., Shoo, Luke, Iacona, Gwenllian, Standish, Rachel J., Catterall, Carla P., Rumpff, Libby, de Bie, Kelly, White, Zoe, Matzek, Virginia and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2017). Using structured decision-making to set restoration objectives when multiple values and preferences exist. Restoration Ecology, 25 (6), 858-865. doi: 10.1111/rec.12591
Morgans, Courtney L., Guerrero, Angela M., Ancrenaz, Marc, Meijaard, Erik and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2017). Not more, but strategic collaboration needed to conserve Borneo's orangutan. Global Ecology and Conservation, 11, 236-246. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2017.07.004
Dee, Laura E., Thompson, Ross, Massol, Francois, Guerrero, Angela and Bohan, David A. (2017). Do social-ecological syndromes predict outcomes for ecosystem services? - a reply to Bodin et al.. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32 (8), 549-552. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.06.001
Bodin, Orjan, Barnes, Michele L., McAllister, Ryan R. J., Rocha, Juan Carlos and Guerrero, Angela M. (2017). Social-ecological network approaches in interdisciplinary research: a response to Bohan et al. and Dee et al.. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 32 (8), 547-549. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.06.003
Barnes, Michele L., Bodin, Orjan, Guerrero, Angela M., McAllister, Ryan R. J., Alexander, Steven M. and Robins, Garry (2017). The social structural foundations of adaptation and transformation in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society, 22 (4) 16. doi: 10.5751/ES-09769-220416
Guerrero, Angela M. and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2016). Using a social-ecological framework to inform the implementation of conservation plans. Conservation Biology, 31 (2), 290-301. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12832
Bodin, Örjan, Robins, Garry, McAllister, Ryan R. J., Guerrero, Angela M., Crona, Beatrice, Tengö, Maria and Lubell, Mark (2016). Theorizing benefits and constraints in collaborative environmental governance: a transdisciplinary social-ecological network approach for empirical investigations. Ecology and Society, 21 (1) 40. doi: 10.5751/ES-08368-210140
Guerrero, Angela M., Mcallister, Ryan R. J. and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2015). Achieving cross-scale collaboration for large scale conservation initiatives. Conservation Letters, 8 (2), 107-117. doi: 10.1111/conl.12112
McAllister, Ryan R. J., Robinson, Catherine J., Maclean, Kirsten, Guerrero, Angela M., Collins, Kerry, Taylor, Bruce M. and De Barro, Paul J. (2015). From local to central: a network analysis of who manages plant pest and disease outbreaks across scales. Ecology and Society, 20 (1) 67. doi: 10.5751/ES-07469-200167
Guerrero, Angela M., Bodin, Orjan, McAllister, Ryan R. J. and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2015). Achieving social-ecological fit through bottom-up collaborative governance: an empirical investigation. Ecology and Society, 20 (4) 41. doi: 10.5751/ES-08035-200441
Tallis, Heather, Lubchenco, Jane, Adams-Hosking, Christine, Kark, Salit, Beger, Maria, Butt, Nathalie, Di Fonzo, Martina M. I., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Guerrero, Angela M., Maggini, Ramona, Martin, Tara G., Mills, Morena, Renwick, Anna, Polsenberg, Johanna, Shanahan, Danielle F., Wilson, Kerrie A., Carwardine, Josie, Corrigan, Colleen, Watson, James and Klein, Carissa (2014). A call for inclusive conservation. Nature, 515 (7525), 27-28. doi: 10.1038/515027a
Mills, Morena, Alvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Vance-Borland, Ken, Cohen, Philippa, Pressey, Robert L., Guerrero, Angela M. and Ernstson, Henrik (2014). Linking regional planning and local action: towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning. Biological Conservation, 169, 6-13. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.015
Guerrero, Angela M., Mcallister, Ryan R. J., Corcoran, Jonathan and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2013). Scale mismatches, conservation planning, and the value of social-network analyses. Conservation Biology, 27 (1), 35-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01964.x
Guerrero, Angela M., Knight, Andrew T., Grantham, Hedley S., Cowling, Richard M. and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2010). Predicting willingness-to-sell and its utility for assessing conservation opportunity for expanding protected area networks. Conservation Letters, 313 (5), 332-339. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00116.x
Thesis
Guerrero Gonzalez, Angela (2015). Accounting for the links between social and ecological systems for effective nature conservation. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.747