Suzanne M. O’Regan, North Carolina A&T State University, Early warning signals of critical transitions: new theoretical directions
Cox 306Anticipating abrupt changes in ecosystem state is key for ecosystem management and preservation. Detailed knowledge of ecological mechanisms behind a critical transition is often difficult to attain, and the theory of resilience - assessment of the ability of a system to withstand disturbances - provides a pathway to circumvent this problem. Loss of system resilience…