Nonlinear dynamics in ecosystem response to climatic change: Case studies and policy implications

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Climate changeNonlinear systemEcosystemEcologyEnvironmental scienceAdaptation (eye)Ecological systems theoryEnvironmental resource managementBiologyPhysics

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 2
Issue: 4
Pages: 357-394
Citations: 299
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                                    Virginia Burkett, 
                                
                                    Douglas A. Wilcox, 
                                
                                    Robert Stottlemyer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            Nonlinear dynamics in ecosystem response to climatic change: Case studies and policy implications. 
                            Ecological Complexity
                            , 2
                            (4)
                            , 357-394.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2005.04.010
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2005.04.010