Analytical methods for ecosystem resilience: A hydrological investigation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Peterson, T J ^a   Western, A W ^a   Argent, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATTRACTOR BASINS; CONTINUATION ANALYSIS; DRY PERIODS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FORCING RATES; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; INITIAL STATE VARIABLES; LIMIT CYCLE; LYAPUNOV STABILITY; MODEL PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE STEADY STATE; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION RATES; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TWO-PARAMETER CONTINUATION; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYSTERESIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 84867835595     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012150     Document Type: Article

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