Early warning signals for critical transitions: A generalized modeling approach

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lade, Steven J ^a   Gross, Thilo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING; FISHERIES MODELS; GENERALIZED MODELS; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES; MODEL FREE; MODELING APPROACH; MULTIPLE SOURCE; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; WARNING SIGNALS;

ARTICLE; CRITICAL TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTEMS THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84861122641     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002360     Document Type: Article

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