Recommendations for development of resilience-based state-and-transition models

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-367

  Briske, D D ^a   Bestelmeyer, B T ^b   Stringham, T K ^c   Shaver, P L ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Dynamic regimes; Ecological resilience; Rangeland monitoring; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; THRESHOLD;

EID: 61949413775     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-051.1     Document Type: Article

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