Resilience of alternative states in spatially extended ecosystems.

Alternative stable states in ecology have been well studied in isolated, well-mixed systems. However, in reality, most ecosystems exist on spatially extended landscapes. Applying existing theory from dynamic systems, we explore how such a spatial setting should be expected to affect ecological resil...

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Main Authors: Ingrid A van de Leemput, Egbert H van Nes, Marten Scheffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4340810?pdf=render