Measuring the Inertia and Resilience of Ecosystems
Author:
- Walter E. WestmanWWWalter E. Westman
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 28 (11) , 705-710
Abstract
The resilience of a natural ecosystem here refers to the ecosystem's ability to repair itself following disturbance and inertia to its ability to resKeywords
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