Catastrophic collapse can occur without early warning: examples of silent catastrophes in structured ecological models.

Catastrophic and sudden collapses of ecosystems are sometimes preceded by early warning signals that potentially could be used to predict and prevent a forthcoming catastrophe. Universality of these early warning signals has been proposed, but no formal proof has been provided. Here, we show that in...

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Main Authors: Maarten C Boerlijst, Thomas Oudman, André M de Roos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3623932?pdf=render