Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation

Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation

Theory and controlled experiments have shown that the recovery rate of an ecological variable from perturbation slows down before a critical tipping point. Here, van Belzen and colleagues demonstrate that slowed vegetation recovery to disturbance is also apparent in the natural system of a tidal mar...

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Main Authors: Jim van Belzen, Johan van de Koppel, Matthew L. Kirwan, Daphne van der Wal, Peter M. J. Herman, Vasilis Dakos, Sonia Kéfi, Marten Scheffer, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, Tjeerd J. Bouma
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15811
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spelling doaj-f33daad3649048d28577c9e895dcc44a2021-05-11T07:13:44ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232017-06-01811710.1038/ncomms15811Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundationJim van Belzen0Johan van de Koppel1Matthew L. Kirwan2Daphne van der Wal3Peter M. J. Herman4Vasilis Dakos5Sonia Kéfi6Marten Scheffer7Glenn R. Guntenspergen8Tjeerd J. Bouma9Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht UniversityDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht UniversityVirginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and MaryDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht UniversityDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht UniversityDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Centre for Adaptation to a Changing Environment (ACE), Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH ZurichInstitut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université de MontpellierEnvironmental Science Department, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen UniversityPatuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), DuluthDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht UniversityTheory and controlled experiments have shown that the recovery rate of an ecological variable from perturbation slows down before a critical tipping point. Here, van Belzen and colleagues demonstrate that slowed vegetation recovery to disturbance is also apparent in the natural system of a tidal marsh.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15811
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author Jim van Belzen
Johan van de Koppel
Matthew L. Kirwan
Daphne van der Wal
Peter M. J. Herman
Vasilis Dakos
Sonia Kéfi
Marten Scheffer
Glenn R. Guntenspergen
Tjeerd J. Bouma
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Johan van de Koppel
Matthew L. Kirwan
Daphne van der Wal
Peter M. J. Herman
Vasilis Dakos
Sonia Kéfi
Marten Scheffer
Glenn R. Guntenspergen
Tjeerd J. Bouma
Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation
Nature Communications
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Johan van de Koppel
Matthew L. Kirwan
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Peter M. J. Herman
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Marten Scheffer
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Tjeerd J. Bouma
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title Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation
title_short Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation
title_full Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation
title_fullStr Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation
title_full_unstemmed Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation
title_sort vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2017-06-01
description Theory and controlled experiments have shown that the recovery rate of an ecological variable from perturbation slows down before a critical tipping point. Here, van Belzen and colleagues demonstrate that slowed vegetation recovery to disturbance is also apparent in the natural system of a tidal marsh.
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