Response diversity, ecosystem change, and resilience

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 488-494

  Elmqvist, Thomas ^a   Folke, Carl ^a,b   Nyström, Magnus ^a   Peterson, Garry ^d   Bengtsson, Jan ^b,c   Walker, Brian ^e   Norberg, Jon ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 33845673122     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2003)001[0488:RDECAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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