Disturbance, response, and persistence in self-organized forested communities: Analysis of robustness and resilience in five communities in Southern Indiana

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Fleischman, Forrest D ^a   Boenning, Kinga ^b   Garcia Lopez, Gustavo A ^a   Mincey, Sarah ^a   Schmitt Harsh, Mikaela ^a   Daedlow, Katrin ^c   Lopez, Maria Claudia ^d   Basurto, Xavier ^e   Fischer, Burney ^a   Ostrom, Elinor ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Intentional communities; Response; Robustness; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DISTURBANCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERSISTENCE; RESILIENCE; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78651519448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03512-150409     Document Type: Article

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