Andrew P. Vayda

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Andrew P. Vayda is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew P. Vayda has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Andrew P. Vayda's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (11 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (10 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (4 papers). Andrew P. Vayda is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (11 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (10 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (4 papers). Andrew P. Vayda collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Andrew P. Vayda's co-authors include Bradley B. Walters, Bonnie J. McCay, Anthony Leeds, C. R. Hallpike, M. J. Meggitt, Ray L. Birdwhistell, Weston La Barre, Edward Hall, Paul Bohannan and Dell Hymes and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Ecological Economics.

In The Last Decade

Andrew P. Vayda

67 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Paul Sillitoe United Kingdom

Lewis Mumford United States

Roy A. Rappàport United States

Denis Cosgrove United Kingdom

Deborah Bird Rose Australia

Joseph A. Tainter United States

Philippe Descola France

William H. Durham United States

Jason W. Moore United States

Nick Barter Australia

Paul Sillitoe United Kingdom

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All Works

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Walters, Bradley B. & Andrew P. Vayda. (2020). Mechanisms and Causal Histories: Explanation-Oriented Research in Human Ecology. Human Ecology. 48(6). 641–650. 9 indexed citations

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Tapper, Nigel, Bambang Hero Saharjo, Aswin Usup, et al.. (2018). Analysing Causal Factors of Peatland Wildfires: A Knowledge-based Approach. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 276. 1 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P.. (1998). Anthropological perspectives on tropical deforestation: a review article. The COCOON platform (University of Paris). 6 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P.. (1996). Methods and explanations in the study of human actions and their environmental effects. CIFOR/WWF Special Publication.. 87(5). 27–30. 17 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P.. (1995). Failures of Explanation in Darwinian Ecological Anthropology: Part II. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 25(3). 360–375. 18 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P., et al.. (1991). Concepts of Process in Social Science Explanations. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 21(3). 318–331. 21 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P.. (1989). Explaining Why Marings Fought. Journal of Anthropological Research. 45(2). 159–177. 20 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P., et al.. (1988). Dayaks and Forests of Interior Borneo. Expedition: The magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. 30(1). 5–17. 10 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P., et al.. (1985). Forest Clearing and Pepper Farming by Bugis Migrants in East Kalimantan: Antecedents and Impact. Indonesia. 39. 93–93. 25 indexed citations

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Kartawinata, Kuswata, et al.. (1984). 16. The impact of development on interactions between people and forests in East Kalimantan: A comparison of two areas of Kenyah Dayak settlement. The Environmentalist. 4. 87–95. 14 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P.. (1979). On Origins and "Coping" Ecology. Current Anthropology. 20(1). 243–244. 1 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P., et al.. (1978). War in Ecological Perspective.. Pacific Affairs. 51(1). 159–159. 38 indexed citations

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Machalek, Richard, et al.. (1977). The Military and the Problem of Legitimacy.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(3). 326–326. 14 indexed citations

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Hallpike, C. R., M. J. Meggitt, & Andrew P. Vayda. (1977). Blood is Their Argument: Warfare Among the Mae Enga Tribesmen of the New Guinea Highlands.. Man. 12(3/4). 555–555. 99 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P.. (1976). War in ecological perspective : persistence, change, and adaptive processes in three oceanian societies. Plenum Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P. & Bonnie J. McCay. (1975). New Directions in Ecology and Ecological Anthropology. Annual Review of Anthropology. 4(1). 293–306. 178 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P. & Harold W. Scheffler. (1973). Choiseul Island Social Structure. Ethnohistory. 20(1). 94–94. 35 indexed citations

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Collins, Paul W. & Andrew P. Vayda. (1969). Functional Analysis and its Aims. Journal of Sociology. 5(2). 153–156. 4 indexed citations

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Leeds, Anthony & Andrew P. Vayda. (1965). Man, culture, and animals : the role of animals in human ecological adjustments. 28 indexed citations

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Vayda, Andrew P., et al.. (1964). DIVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY: STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY IN THE BISMARCK MOUNTAIN CULTURES OF NEW GUINEA: A PRELIMINARY REPORT*,†. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. 26(7 Series II). 798–803. 6 indexed citations

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