Connecting distinct realms along multiple dimensions: A meta-ecosystem resilience perspective
September 1, 2023 - Angeler, David G.; Heino, Jani; Rubio-Rios, Juan; Casas, J. Jesus
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EmailJournal or Book Title: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164169
Abstract: Resilience research is central to confront the sustainability challenges to ecosystems and human societies in a rapidly changing world. Given that social-ecological problems span the entire Earth system, there is a critical need for resil-ience models that account for the connectivity across intricately linked ecosystems (i.e., freshwater, marine, terrestrial, atmosphere). We present a resilience perspective of meta-ecosystems that are connected through the flow of biota, matter and energy within and across aquatic and terrestrial realms, and the atmosphere. We demonstrate ecological resilience sensu Holling using aquatic-terrestrial linkages and riparian ecosystems more generally. A discussion of ap-plications in riparian ecology and meta-ecosystem research (e.g., resilience quantification, panarchy, meta-ecosystem boundary delineations, spatial regime migration, including early warning indications) concludes the paper. Under-standing meta-ecosystem resilience may have potential to support decision making for natural resource management (scenario planning, risk and vulnerability assessments).
Type of Publication: Article
