Ecological Stability

Accelerated economic recovery in countries powered by renewables
The human economy is in effect a subsystem of the biosphere. Ecosystems provide natural resources that are fundamental to both societal …
Ian Donohue, Luca Coscieme, Gabriel Gellner, Qiang Yang 杨强, Andrew L. Jackson, Ida Kubiszewski, Robert Costanza, Kevin S. McCann
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Multidimensionality of Ecological Stability
The relationships between multiple components of ecological stability and how they are regulated by the ecological network structure and the environment.
Multidimensionality of Ecological Stability
Individual species provide multifaceted contributions to the stability of ecosystems
Exploration of the relationship between species diversity and ecological stability has occupied a prominent place in ecological …
Lydia White, Nessa E O'Connor, Qiang Yang 杨强, Mark C Emmerson, Ian Donohue
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Integrating the underlying structure of stochasticity into community ecology
Stochasticity is a core component of ecology, as it underlies key processes that structure and create variability in nature. Despite …
Lauren G Shoemaker, Lauren L Sullivan, Ian Donohue, Juliano S Cabral, Ryan J Williams, Margaret M Mayfield, Jonathan M Chase, Chengjin Chu, W Stanley Harpole, Andreas Huth, Janneke HilleRisLambers, Aubrie RM James, Nathan JB Kraft, Felix May, Ranjan Muthukrishnan, Sean Satterlee, Franziska Taubert, Xugao Wang, Thorsten Wiegand, Qiang Yang 杨强, Karen C Abbott
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The predictability of ecological stability in a noisy world
Random environmental variation, or stochasticity, is a key determinant of ecological dynamics. While we have some appreciation of how …
Qiang Yang 杨强, Mike S Fowler, Andrew L Jackson, Ian Donohue
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The predictability of ecological stability in a noisy world
Loss of predator species, not intermediate consumers, triggers rapid and dramatic extinction cascades
Ecological networks are tightly interconnected, such that loss of a single species can trigger additional species extinctions. Theory …
Ian Donohue, Owen L Petchey, Sonia Kéfi, Alexandre Génin, Andrew L Jackson, Qiang Yang 杨强, Nessa E O'Connor
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Navigating the complexity of ecological stability
Human actions challenge nature in many ways. Ecological responses are ineluctably complex, demanding measures that describe them …
Ian Donohue, Helmut Hillebrand, José M Montoya, Owen L Petchey, Stuart L Pimm, Mike S Fowler, Kevin Healy, Andrew L Jackson, Miguel Lurgi, Deirdre McClean, Nessa E O'Connor, Eoin J O'Gorman, Qiang Yang 杨强
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