Ecosystem thresholds, tipping points, and critical transitions

Munson, Seth M.; Reed, Sasha C.; Peñuelas, Josep; McDowell, Nathan G.; Sala, Osvaldo E.

doi:10.1111/nph.15145

Ecosystem thresholds, tipping points, and critical transitions

Journal Article · 08 May 2018 · New Phytologist

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15145· OSTI ID:1455288

Munson, Seth M. ^[1]; Reed, Sasha C. ^[2]; Peñuelas, Josep ^[3]; McDowell, Nathan G. ^[4]; Sala, Osvaldo E. ^[5]

US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, 2255 N Gemini Dr. Flagstaff AZ 86001 USA
US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, 2290 SW Resource Blvd Moab UT 84532 USA
Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, CSIC, Bellaterra, Catalonia E-08193 Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia E-08193 Spain
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA 99352 USA
Global Drylands Center, School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287 USA

Terrestrial ecosystems in a time of change: thresholds, tipping points, and critical transitions; an organized session at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, December 2017

Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1455288

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-133660

Journal Information:: New Phytologist, Vol. 218, Issue 4; ISSN 0028-646X

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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