Resilience of alternative states in spatially extended ecosystems.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Ingrid A van de Leemput, Egbert H van Nes, Marten Scheffer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Maxwell Point; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116859; https://doaj.org/article/69dcb52d99d2415e9a706a453a75ec1d

Alternative stable states in ecology have been well studied in isolated, well-mixed systems. However, in reality, most ecosystems exist on spatially extended landscapes. Applying existing theory from dynamic systems, we explore how such a spatial setting should be expected to affect ecological resil...