Foundations of ecological resilience /

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Provides a theoretical foundation for understanding how complex systems adapt to and recover from licolaised disturbances like hurricanes, fires, pest outbreaks and floos, as well as large-scale perturbations such as climate change.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gunderson, Lance H., Allen, Craig R., Holling, C. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Ecosystem management.
Ecosystem health.
Resilience (Ecology)
Écosystèmes > Gestion.
Écosystèmes > Santé.
Résilience (Écologie)
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Ecosystem health
Ecosystem management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: why resilience? why now? / Lance H. Gunderson and Craig R. Allen
  • Part one: concepts and theory Commentary on part one articles / Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 1: resilience and stability of ecological systems / C.S. Holling
  • Article 2: engineering resilience versus ecological resilience / C.S. Holling
  • Article 3: the resilience of terrestrial ecosystems: local surprise and global change / C.S. Holling
  • Article 4: regime shifts, resilience, and biodiversity in ecosystem management / Carl Folke, Steve Carpenter, Brian Walker, Marten Scheffer, Thomas Elmqvist, Lance Gunderson, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 5: biological diversity, ecosystems, and the human scale / Carl Folke, C.S. Holling, and Charles Perrings
  • Article 6: ecological resilience, biodiversity, and scale / Garry Peterson, Craig R. Allen, and C.S. Holling.
  • Part two: ecological examples Commentary on part two articles / Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 7: catastrophes, phase shifts, and large-scale degradation of a Caribbean coral reef / Terence P. Hughes
  • Article 8: sea otters and kelp forests in Alaska: generality and variation in a community ecological paradigm / James A. Estes and David O. Duggins
  • Article 9: body mass patterns predict invasions and extinctions in transforming landscapes / Craig R. Allen, Elizabeth A. Forys, and C.S. Holling.
  • Part three: empirics and models Commentary on part three articles / Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 10: resource science: the nurture of an infant / C.S. Holling and A.D. Chambers
  • Article 11: lessons for ecological policy design: a case study of ecosystem management / William C. Clark, Dixon D. Jones, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 12: qualitative analysis of insect outbreak systems: the spruce budworm and forest / D. Ludwig, D.D. Jones, and C.S. Holling
  • Conclusion: the evolution of an idea
  • the past, present, and future of ecological resilience / Lance H. Gunderson, C.S. Holling, and Craig R. Allen.

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