Interacting regime shifts in ecosystems: Implication for early warnings

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-367

  Brock, W A ^a   Carpenter, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Critical thresholds; Critical transition; Early warning flickering; Lakes; Regime shift; Squealing; Trophic cascade; Variance

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EIGENVALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC CASCADE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955355469     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1824.1     Document Type: Article

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