TY - JOUR
AU1 - Rapport, David J.
AU2 - Whitford, Walter G.
AB - How Ecosystems Respond to Stress Common of arid and properties aquatic systems Whitford David and Walter G. J. Rapport and N all are sub- 1985, 1995). early ecosystems Rapport Regier are character- to disturbances Stressed periodic ecosystems ject Highly degraded natural such as ized a "distress by events, by syndrome" (Rap- not and insect infes- et al. that is indicated flood, fire, drought, port 1985) do not ecosystems al- tation When such reduced and per- only by biodiversity (Vogl 1980). turbations are tered and extreme, ecosystems primary secondary pro- "bounce back" once of immense but also increased dis- complexity undergo ductivity by transformation to of stress loads are lessened ease reduced rapid systems prevalence, efficiency remarkable that are char- of nutrient increased domi- simplicity cycling, acterized a of life forms nance of exotic and increased by scarcity species, and few or no interac- but can be dominance shorter-lived symbiotic many specific types, they by smaller, tions. this transformation classified into four main These However, groups: physi- opportunistic species. signs sets the for which cal result- have been well documented in a num- stage recovery, restructuring changes (e.g., allows the to to from land the introduction of ber of studies 
TI - How Ecosystems Respond to Stress
JF - BioScience
DO - 10.2307/1313509
DA - 1999-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/how-ecosystems-respond-to-stress-IMBy3Yv9bO
SP - 193
EP - 203
VL - 49
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -