EDITORIAL: Quantifying resilience

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 617-624

  Angeler, David G ^a   Allen, Craig R ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84995686962     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12649     Document Type: Editorial

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