Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application?
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Thresholds are often difficult to measure or predict.
“Although thresholds are often difficult to measure or predict (Groffman et al. 2006), understanding the thresholds that determine alternative states is necessary to drive management decisions (WebTable 1).”
From Applying cumulative effects to strategically advance large‐scale ecosystem restoration (2021) · cites this paper as Groffman et al. 2006
Using spatial analysis and modeling to incorporate cumulative-effects mechanisms in forecasting may help avoid unintended consequences and leverage system thresholds and positive feedback between projects to produce dramatic changes in system state.
“Using spatial analysis and modeling to incorporate cumulative-effects mechanisms in forecasting may help to avoid unintended consequences and leverage system thresholds and positive feedback between projects to produce dramatic changes in system state (Groffman et al. 2006).”
From Applying cumulative effects to strategically advance large‐scale ecosystem restoration (2021) · cites this paper as Groffman et al. 2006
Some ecological systems undergo rapid state transitions in response to gradual changes along a continuous environmental gradient.
“Some ecological systems undergo rapid state transitions in response to gradual changes along a continuous environmental gradient (Groffman et al., 2006; Huggett, 2005; Toms & Lesperance, 2003).”
From Threshold responses of floating meadow fish communities to floodplain forest cover in the lower Amazon River (2025) · cites this paper as Groffman et al., 2006
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- Authors
- 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.
- Affiliations
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (US)
- United States Geological Survey (US)
- National Park Service (US)
- University of Rhode Island (US)
- Environmental Protection Agency (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- The Nature Conservancy (US)
- Corresponding author
- Groffman, Peter M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Ecosystems
- Published
- 2006-01-30
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-13
- ISSN
- 1432-9840 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-0629
- OpenAlex
- W2085514490
- Cited by
- 1,207
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 60 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 51 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 112 · 2018: 53 · 2017: 66 · 2016: 68 · 2015: 83 · 2014: 72 · 2013: 66 · 2012: 66
- FWCI
- 40.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Ecosystems (publishedVersion)
- Journal of Media Literacy Education (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Funders
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Office of Research and Development
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Keywords
- ecological thresholds, tipping points, nonlinear dynamics, environmental management, multiple stressors, spatial and temporal scales, threshold detection, terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems
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