Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems

Marten Scheffer; Stephen R. Carpenter; Jonathan A. Foley; Carl Folke; Brian R. Walker

doi:10.1038/35098000

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Alternative stable stateEcosystemRegime shiftClimate changeCoral reefResilience (materials science)Environmental scienceHabitatEcologyEcological resilienceFragmentation (computing)Habitat destructionCoralPsychological resilienceEnvironmental resource managementHabitat fragmentationBiology

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 413
Issue: 6856
Pages: 591-596
Citations: 6995
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                                    Marten Scheffer, 
                                
                                    Stephen R. Carpenter, 
                                
                                    Jonathan A. Foley
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems. 
                            Nature
                            , 413
                            (6856)
                            , 591-596.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/35098000
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/35098000