Novelty, adaptive capacity, and resilience

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Allen, Craig R ^a   Holling, C S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cross scale; Extinction; Innovation; Invasion; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; INNOVATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 77958485578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03720-150324     Document Type: Article

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