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statistical signs, such as slower recovery and rising variance, that a system is nearing a critical transition.

In ecology, early warning signals refers to statistical signs, such as slower recovery and rising variance, that a system is nearing a critical transition. This meaning comes from Scheffer (2009) in Nature.[1]

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References

Scheffer, M., Bascompte, J., Brock, W. A., Brovkin, V., Carpenter, S. R., Dakos, V., Held, H., van Nes, E. H., Rietkerk, M., & Sugihara, G. (2009). Early-warning signals for critical transitions. Nature, 461(7260), 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08227

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