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Response diversity, ecosystem change, and resilience
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Biological diversity appears to enhance the resilience of desirable ecosystem states, which is required to secure the production of essential ecosystem services. The diversity of responses to environmental change among species contributing to the same ecosystem function, which we call response diversity, is critical to resilience. Response diversity is particularly important for ecosystem renewal and reorganization following change. Here we present examples of response diversity from both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and across temporal and spatial scales. Response diversity provides adaptive capacity in a world of complex systems, uncertainty, and human-dominated environments. We should pay special attention to response diversity when planning ecosystem management and restoration, since it may contribute considerably to the resilience of desired ecosystem states against disturbance, mismanagement, and degradation.
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- Authors
- Elmqvist, T., Folke, C., Nyström, M., Peterson, G., Bengtsson, J., Walker, B., & Norberg, J.
- Affiliations
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (SE)
- McGill University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Elmqvist, Thomas
- Folke, Carl
- Nyström, Magnus
- Norberg, Jon
- ORCID
- Venue
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2003-11
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 488-494
- ISSN
- 1540-9295 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2120660679
- Cited by
- 2,031
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 125 · 2025: 107 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 108 · 2022: 105 · 2021: 125 · 2020: 130 · 2019: 137 · 2018: 112 · 2017: 102 · 2016: 93 · 2015: 114 · 2014: 108 · 2013: 115 · 2012: 93
- FWCI
- 19.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Keywords
- response diversity, ecosystem resilience, biodiversity, ecosystem change, ecosystem services, adaptive capacity, ecosystem management, ecological restoration, disturbance, ecosystem reorganization
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