The structure of ecological state transitions: Amplification, synchronization, and constraints in responses to environmental change

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-346

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebraic connectivity; Climate change; Ecological response; S metric; Spectral radius; State and transition models; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155161899     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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