Ecological thresholds and regime shifts: approaches to identification

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Andersen, Tom ^a   Carstensen, Jacob ^b   Hernández García, Emilio ^c   Duarte, Carlos M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 57649200696     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.07.014     Document Type: Review

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