Discontinuities, cross-scale patterns, and the organization of ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 654-667

  Nash, Kirsty L ^a   Allen, Craig R ^b   Angeler, David G ^c   Barichievy, Chris ^d,e   Eason, Tarsha ^f   Garmestani, Ahjond S ^f   Graham, Nicholas A J ^a   Granholm, Dean ^g   Knutson, Melinda ^h   Nelson, R John ⁱ   Nyström, Magnus ^j   Stow, Craig A ^k   Sundstrom, Shana M ^l  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^h US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^j STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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Author keywords

Body mass; Competition; Discontinuity hypothesis; Extinction; Function; Hierarchy theory; Invasion; Multiple scale analysis; Nonlinear responses; Regime shift; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NONLINEARITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EXTINCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVENESS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901205401     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1315.1     Document Type: Article

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