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ecological threshold: a standalone construct

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Ecosystem ecology

a point at which a small change in a driver produces a large, often abrupt change in ecosystem state or function.

In ecosystem ecology, ecological threshold refers to a point at which a small change in a driver produces a large, often abrupt change in ecosystem state or function. This meaning comes from Groffman (2006) in Ecosystems.[1]

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References

Groffman, P. M., Baron, J. S., Blett, T., Gold, A. J., Goodman, I., Gunderson, L. H., Levinson, B. M., Palmer, M. A., Paerl, H. W., Peterson, G. D., Poff, N. L., Rejeski, D. W., Reynolds, J. F., Turner, M. G., Weathers, K. C., & Wiens, J. (2006). Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application? Ecosystems, 9(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-003-0142-z

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