Novel ecosystems and social-ecological resilience

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1363-1369

  Collier, Marcus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Novel ecosystems; Resilience; Social ecological systems; Transitioning; Transitory landscapes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW;

EID: 84940787553     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0243-z     Document Type: Article

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