Panarchy: Theory and Application

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 578-589

  Allen, Craig R ^a   Angeler, David G ^b   Garmestani, Ahjond S ^c   Gunderson, Lance H ^d   Holling, C S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Resilience Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

complex systems; discontinuities; novelty; regime; resilience; social ecological systems; transformations

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84901227992     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9744-2     Document Type: Article

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