Thresholds in Ecological and Social–Ecological Systems: a Developing Database
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Thresholds in Ecological and Social–Ecological Systems: a Developing Database
Increasing interest in regime shifts in ecological and linked social–ecological systems (SESs) has placed a strong focus on the thresholds of change. However, research into this topic has been hampered by a lack of empirical data. This paper describes a developing database established to address this need. The database is freely available and comprises a set of summarized published examples and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology and Society
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1708-3087
DOI: 10.5751/es-00664-090203