Catastrophic regime shifts in ecosystems: Linking theory to observation

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 648-656

  Scheffer, Marten ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS;

EID: 0242629042     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2003.09.002     Document Type: Review

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