Trends Expected in Stressed Ecosystems
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 35 (7), 419-422
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1310021
Abstract
When ecosystems are not suffering from unusual external perturbations, we observe certain well-defined developmental trends. Since disturbance tends to arrest, or even reverse, these autogenic developments, we can anticipate some ecosystem responses to stress. Trends expected in stressed ecosystems include changes in energetics, nutrient cycling, and community structure and function.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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