Ecological thresholds: A survey

Ecological Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-24

  Muradian, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative states; Ecological discontinuities; Ecological thresholds; Ecosystem resilience; Stable equilibria

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THRESHOLD;

EID: 0034951684     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(01)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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