Early warning signals of ecological transitions: Methods for spatial patterns

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kéfi, Sonia ^a   Guttal, Vishwesha ^b   Brock, William A ^c,d   Carpenter, Stephen R ^c,d   Ellison, Aaron M ^e   Livina, Valerie N ^f   Seekell, David A ^g   Scheffer, Marten ^h   Van Nes, Egbert H ^h   Dakos, Vasilis ⁱ  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; EARLY WARNING SIGNAL; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899107801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092097     Document Type: Article

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