期刊
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
卷 109, 期 9, 页码 3114-3132出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13651
关键词
alternative stable states; equilibrium; latitude; perturbations; recovery; regime shift; resistance; tolerance
资金
- FP7 Environment [265171]
- Villum Fonden [16549]
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/S01537X/1]
- NERC [NE/S01537X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Characterizing how ecosystems respond to rapid environmental change is a major focus of ecological research. The concept of stability, a key aspect in ecosystem studies, remains a source of confusion and disagreement among ecologists. This study aims to integrate diverging views on ecological stability through a conceptual framework that builds on historical review and the latest developments in the field.
Characterizing how ecosystems are responding to rapid environmental change has become a major focus of ecological research. The empirical study of ecological stability, which aims to quantify these ecosystem responses, is therefore more relevant than ever. Based on a historical review and bibliometric mapping of the field of ecological stability, we show that the two main schools relating to the study of stability-one focusing on systems close to their equilibrium and the other on non-equilibrium behaviour-have developed in parallel leading to divergence in both concepts and definitions. We synthesize and expand previous frameworks and capitalize on the latest developments in the field to build towards an integrated framework by elaborating the overarching concept of ecological stability and its properties. Finally, the broad applicability of our work is demonstrated in two empirical cases. Synthesis. With rapidly changing environmental conditions, the stability of ecosystems has become a major focus of ecological research. Still, the concept of stability remains a major source of confusion and disagreement among ecologists. The conceptual framework presented here provides a basis to integrate currently diverging views on the study of ecological stability.
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