Drivers, slow variables, fast variables, shocks, and resilience

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Walker, Brian H ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Rockstrom, Johan ^c   Crépin, Anne Sophie ^d   Peterson, Garry D ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drivers; Fast variables; Resilience; Shocks; Slow variables; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS;

EID: 84867134590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05063-170330     Document Type: Article

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