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Defining Disturbance for Microbial Ecology
Microbial Ecology, 2017Disturbance can profoundly modify the structure of natural communities. However, microbial ecologists' concept of "disturbance" has often deviated from conventional practice. Definitions (or implicit usage) have frequently included climate change and other forms of chronic environmental stress, which contradict the macrobiologist's notion of ...
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Ecological modelling and disturbance evaluation
Ecological Modelling, 1985Abstract The idea of ‘disturbance’ has played contradictory roles in ecological theory. In some cases, disturbances have been viewed as disruptive to ecological systems, whereas in others they have been seen as necessary to maintain ecological systems.
D.L. DeAngelis +3 more
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Criticality and disturbance in spatial ecological systems
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2005Classical criticality describes sudden changes in the state of a system when underlying processes change slightly. At this transition, patchiness develops which lacks a characteristic or dominant spatial scale. Thus, criticality lies at the interface of two important subjects in ecology, threshold behavior and patchiness.
Mercedes, Pascual, Frédéric, Guichard
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Ecological Disturbance and Nature Tourism
Geographical Review, 1993Recent research in biogeography presents a convincing case that natural disturbance is not an aberrant influence but is common to many biological systems. Human changes in the environment can have surprising and profound effects on the impacts of natural disturbances. If recent efforts to use nature tourism to conserve natural resources are to succeed,
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Ecology and Environmental Justice: Understanding Disturbance Using Ecological Theory
2012The different cultures of social equity and ecological science can be bridged by an enhanced understanding of the occurrence of environmental hazards and benefits. Knowledge about ecological disturbance improves understanding of how socio-ecological systems respond to the events that disrupt the structure of systems and the flows of resources within ...
Steward T. A. Pickett +2 more
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The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks
Trends in Ecology & EvolutionDespite the development of network science, we lack clear heuristics for how far different disturbance types propagate within and across species interaction networks. We discuss the mechanisms of disturbance propagation in ecological networks, and propose that disturbances can be categorized into structural, functional, and transmission types according
Lucas P. Martins +4 more
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Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022Jun J Mao,, Msce +2 more
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