Uncertainty and the management of multistate ecosystems: An apparently rational route to collapse

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1403-1411

  Peterson, G D ^a   Carpenter, S R ^a   Brock, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Ecological economics; Ecosystem management; Eutrophication; Model uncertainty; Optimal control; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242535102     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1403:UATMOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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