Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems
2001/10/01 by Marten Scheffer, Steve Carpenter, Stephen R. Carpenter +4 · 80 citations
Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Ecosystem dynamics and resilience #Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
paper · doi:10.1038/35098000
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