Early warning signals of ecological transitions: methods for spatial patterns.

A number of ecosystems can exhibit abrupt shifts between alternative stable states. Because of their important ecological and economic consequences, recent research has focused on devising early warning signals for anticipating such abrupt ecological transitions. In particular, theoretical studies s...

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Main Authors: Sonia Kéfi, Vishwesha Guttal, William A Brock, Stephen R Carpenter, Aaron M Ellison, Valerie N Livina, David A Seekell, Marten Scheffer, Egbert H van Nes, Vasilis Dakos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962379?pdf=render