DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.014
论文题名: Resisting regime-shifts: The stabilising effect of compensatory processes
作者: Connell S.D. ; Ghedini G.
刊名: Trends in Ecology and Evolution
ISSN: 1695347
出版年: 2015
卷: 30, 期: 9 起始页码: 513
结束页码: 515
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Compensation
; Resilience
; Resistance
; Stability
Scopus关键词: community response
; compensation
; ecological stability
; ecosystem resilience
; environmental disturbance
; human activity
; signaling
; stress resistance
; vulnerability
; biodiversity
; biological model
; ecosystem
; population dynamics
; time factor
; Biodiversity
; Ecosystem
; Models, Biological
; Population Dynamics
; Time Factors
英文摘要: Ecologists seem predisposed to studying change because we are intuitively interested in dynamic systems, including their vulnerability to human disturbance. We contrast this disposition with the value of studying processes that work against change. Although powerful, processes that counter disturbance often go unexplored because they yield no observable community change. This stability results from compensatory processes which are initiated by disturbance; these adjust in proportion to the strength of the disturbance to prevent community change. By recognising such buffering processes, we might also learn to recognise the early warning signals of community shifts which are notoriously difficult to predict because communities often show little to no change before their tipping point is reached. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/67206
Appears in Collections: 全球变化的国际研究计划 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Connell S.D.,Ghedini G.. Resisting regime-shifts: The stabilising effect of compensatory processes[J]. Trends in Ecology and Evolution,2015-01-01,30(9)