Positive feedbacks in seagrass ecosystems--evidence from large-scale empirical data.

Positive feedbacks cause a nonlinear response of ecosystems to environmental change and may even cause bistability. Even though the importance of feedback mechanisms has been demonstrated for many types of ecosystems, their identification and quantification is still difficult. Here, we investigated...

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Main Authors: Tjisse van der Heide, Egbert H van Nes, Marieke M van Katwijk, Han Olff, Alfons J P Smolders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21283684/pdf/?tool=EBI