TY - JOUR
T1 - Ecological thresholds and regime shifts
T2 - approaches to identification
AU - Andersen, Tom
AU - Carstensen, Jacob
AU - Hernández-García, Emilio
AU - Duarte, Carlos
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - There is an apparent gap between the prominence of present theoretical frameworks involving ecological thresholds and regime shifts, and the paucity of efforts to conduct simple tests and quantitative inferences on the actual appearance of such phenomena in ecological data. A wide range of statistical methods and analytical techniques are now available that render these questions tractable, some of them even dating back half a century. Yet, their application has been sparse and confined within a narrow subset of cases of ecological regime shifts. Our objective is to raise awareness on the range of techniques available, and to their principles and limitations, to promote a more operational approach to the identification of ecological thresholds and regime shifts.
AB - There is an apparent gap between the prominence of present theoretical frameworks involving ecological thresholds and regime shifts, and the paucity of efforts to conduct simple tests and quantitative inferences on the actual appearance of such phenomena in ecological data. A wide range of statistical methods and analytical techniques are now available that render these questions tractable, some of them even dating back half a century. Yet, their application has been sparse and confined within a narrow subset of cases of ecological regime shifts. Our objective is to raise awareness on the range of techniques available, and to their principles and limitations, to promote a more operational approach to the identification of ecological thresholds and regime shifts.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57649200696&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2008.07.014
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2008.07.014
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18952317
AN - SCOPUS:57649200696
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 24
SP - 49
EP - 57
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 1
ER -