Ecosystem adaptation: Do ecosystems maximize resilience?

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2019-2026

  Cropp, Roger ^a   Gabric, Albert ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem adaptation; Nutrient enrichment; Resilience; Thermodynamic selection pressures

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0037971459     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2019:EADEMR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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