Drylands: Coping with uncertainty, thresholds, and changes in state

Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship: Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 171-195

  Stafford Smith, D Mark ^a   Abel, Nick ^a   Walker, Brian ^a   Chapin III, F Stuart ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73033-2_8     Document Type: Chapter

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