Ecological surprise: concept, synthesis, and social dimensions

As the extent and intensity of human impacts on ecosystems increase and the capacity of ecosystems to absorb these impacts dwindles, unanticipated behavior in ecological systems-or surprises-is lik ...

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Ecosphere

• Publication date

  2017-12-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ECS2.2005
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