Robust scaling in ecosystems and the meltdown of patch size distributions before extinction

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Kéfi, Sonia ^a,b   Rietkerk, Max ^b   Roy, Manojit ^c   Franc, Alain ^d   De Ruiter, Peter C ^e   Pascual, Mercedes ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviations from power laws; Indicators of transitions; Local interactions; Patch size distribution; Power law; Power law with an exponential cutoff; Robust criticality; Scaling; Spatial patterns; Truncated power law

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PATCH SIZE; POWER LAW; SCALE EFFECT; SELF ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 78650050397     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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