Adapting the adaptive cycle: Hypotheses on the development of ecosystem properties and services

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2878-2890

  Burkhard, Benjamin ^a   Fath, Brian D ^b,c   Müller, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Ecosystem services; Orientors; Resilience; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTABILITY; ADAPTIVE CYCLE METAPHOR; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FIRE EVENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE TYPE; ORIENTORS; POTENTIAL SYSTEMS; RESILIENCE; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; LAND USE; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE FOREST; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80051475543     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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