Spatial correlation as leading indicator of catastrophic shifts

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-174

  Dakos, Vasilis ^a   van Nes, Egbert H ^a   Donangelo, Raúl ^b   Fort, Hugo ^b   Scheffer, Marten ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Autocorrelation; Critical transition; Early warning signals; Fold bifurcation; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIFURCATION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954427364     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-009-0060-6     Document Type: Article

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