Exploring lake ecosystems: Hierarchy responses to long-term change?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1104-1115

  Wagner, Carola ^a   Adrian, Rita ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abrupt permanent change; Abrupt temporary change; Climate change; Ecological time series; Gradual permanent change; Hierarchy theory; Monotonic trend; Regime shift; System state; Year of change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

BERLIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MUGGELSEE;

EID: 64849098123     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01833.x     Document Type: Article

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