Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems

2001/10/01 by Marten Scheffer, Steve Carpenter, Stephen R. Carpenter +4 · 32 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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