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Navigating the complexity of ecological stability

Ian Donohue, Helmut Hillebrand, José M. Montoya, Owen L. Petchey, Stuart L. Pimm, Mike Fowler Orcid Logo, Kevin Healy, Andrew L. Jackson, Miguel Lurgi, Deirdre McClean, Nessa E. O'Connor, Eoin J. O'Gorman, Qiang Yang, Miguel Lurgi Rivera Orcid Logo

Ecology Letters, Volume: 19, Issue: 9, Pages: 1172 - 1185

Swansea University Authors: Mike Fowler Orcid Logo, Miguel Lurgi Rivera Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/ele.12648

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Human actions challenge nature in many ways. Ecological responses are ineluctably complex, demanding measures that describe them succinctly. Collectively, these measures encapsulate the overall ‘stability’ of the system. Many international bodies, including the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platf...

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