Resisting regime-shifts: The stabilising effect of compensatory processes

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 513-515

  Connell, Sean D ^a   Ghedini, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensation; Resilience; Resistance; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPENSATION; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SIGNALING; STRESS RESISTANCE; VULNERABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTOR;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84952638102     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.014     Document Type: Review

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