Resilience in ecology: Abstraction, distraction, or where the action is?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 177, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-51

  Standish, Rachel J ^a   Hobbs, Richard J ^a   Mayfield, Margaret M ^b   Bestelmeyer, Brandon T ^c   Suding, Katherine N ^d   Battaglia, Loretta L ^e   Eviner, Valerie ^f   Hawkes, Christine V ^g   Temperton, Vicky M ^h   Cramer, Viki A ^a   Harris, James A ⁱ   Funk, Jennifer L ^j   Thomas, Peter A ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^h FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

ⁱ CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Ecological resilience; Environmental policy; Recovery; Restoration goals; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84903784121     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.06.008     Document Type: Review

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