Search Results - "Van Nes, Egbert H."

Ups and Downs in the Ocean: Effects of Biofouling on Vertical Transport of Microplastics by Kooi, Merel, Nes, Egbert H. van, Scheffer, Marten, Koelmans, Albert A

“…Recent studies suggest size-selective removal of small plastic particles from the ocean surface, an observation that remains unexplained. We studied one of the…”
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Inferring causation from time series in Earth system sciences by Runge, Jakob, Bathiany, Sebastian, Bollt, Erik, Camps-Valls, Gustau, Coumou, Dim, Deyle, Ethan, Glymour, Clark, Kretschmer, Marlene, Mahecha, Miguel D., Muñoz-Marí, Jordi, van Nes, Egbert H., Peters, Jonas, Quax, Rick, Reichstein, Markus, Scheffer, Marten, Schölkopf, Bernhard, Spirtes, Peter, Sugihara, George, Sun, Jie, Zhang, Kun, Zscheischler, Jakob

“…The heart of the scientific enterprise is a rational effort to understand the causes behind the phenomena we observe. In large-scale complex dynamical systems…”
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Hysteresis of tropical forests in the 21st century by Staal, Arie, Fetzer, Ingo, Wang-Erlandsson, Lan, Bosmans, Joyce H. C., Dekker, Stefan C., van Nes, Egbert H., Rockström, Johan, Tuinenburg, Obbe A.

“…Tropical forests modify the conditions they depend on through feedbacks at different spatial scales. These feedbacks shape the hysteresis (history-dependence)…”
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Anticipating Critical Transitions by Scheffer, Marten, Carpenter, Stephen R., Lenton, Timothy M., Bascompte, Jordi, Brock, William, Dakos, Vasilis, van de Koppel, Johan, van de Leemput, Ingrid A., Levin, Simon A., van Nes, Egbert H., Pascual, Mercedes, Vandermeer, John

“…Tipping points in complex systems may imply risks of unwanted collapse, but also opportunities for positive change. Our capacity to navigate such risks and…”
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Quantifying resilience of humans and other animals by Scheffer, Marten, Bolhuis, J. Elizabeth, Borsboom, Denny, Buchman, Timothy G., Gijzel, Sanne M. W., Goulson, Dave, Kammenga, Jan E., Kemp, Bas, van de Leemput, Ingrid A., Levin, Simon, Martin, Carmel Mary, Melis, René J. F., van Nes, Egbert H., Romero, L. Michael, Rikkert, Marcel G. M. Olde

“…All life requires the capacity to recover from challenges that are as inevitable as they are unpredictable. Understanding this resilience is essential for…”
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Early-warning signals for critical transitions by Scheffer, Marten, Bascompte, Jordi, Brock, William A., Brovkin, Victor, Carpenter, Stephen R., Dakos, Vasilis, Held, Hermann, van Nes, Egbert H., Rietkerk, Max, Sugihara, George

“…Tip-offs for tipping points Many complex systems, ranging from ecosystems to financial markets and the climate, can have critical thresholds or tipping points…”
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Methods for detecting early warnings of critical transitions in time series illustrated using simulated ecological data by Dakos, Vasilis, Carpenter, Stephen R, Brock, William A, Ellison, Aaron M, Guttal, Vishwesha, Ives, Anthony R, Kéfi, Sonia, Livina, Valerie, Seekell, David A, van Nes, Egbert H, Scheffer, Marten

“…Many dynamical systems, including lakes, organisms, ocean circulation patterns, or financial markets, are now thought to have tipping points where critical…”
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Slow Recovery from Perturbations as a Generic Indicator of a Nearby Catastrophic Shift by van Nes, Egbert H., Scheffer, Marten

“…The size of the basin of attraction in ecosystems with alternative stable states is often referred to as “ecological resilience.” Ecosystems with a low…”
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Seeing a global web of connected systems by Scheffer, Marten, van Nes, Egbert H

“…Social-ecological shifts may often be causally linked The Arab Spring, the invention of penicillin, and the recent mass bleaching of coral reefs are reminders…”
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Bistability, Spatial Interaction, and the Distribution of Tropical Forests and Savannas by Staal, Arie, Dekker, Stefan C., Xu, Chi, van Nes, Egbert H.

“…Recent work has indicated that tropical forest and savanna can be alternative stable states under a range of climatic conditions. However, dynamical systems…”
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Evaluating the performance of multivariate indicators of resilience loss by Weinans, Els, Quax, Rick, van Nes, Egbert H., Leemput, Ingrid A. van de

“…Various complex systems, such as the climate, ecosystems, and physical and mental health can show large shifts in response to small changes in their…”
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Fire forbids fifty-fifty forest by van Nes, Egbert H, Staal, Arie, Hantson, Stijn, Holmgren, Milena, Pueyo, Salvador, Bernardi, Rafael E, Flores, Bernardo M, Xu, Chi, Scheffer, Marten

“…Recent studies have interpreted patterns of remotely sensed tree cover as evidence that forest with intermediate tree cover might be unstable in the tropics,…”
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Lake restoration: successes, failures and long-term effects by SØNDERGAARD, MARTIN, JEPPESEN, ERIK, LAURIDSEN, TORBEN L, SKOV, CHRISTIAN, VAN NES, EGBERT H, ROIJACKERS, RUDI, LAMMENS, EDDY, PORTIELJE, ROB

“…1. Eutrophication constitutes a serious threat to many European lakes and many approaches have been used during the past 20-30 years to improve lake water…”
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The resilience and resistance of an ecosystem to a collapse of diversity by Downing, Andrea S, van Nes, Egbert H, Mooij, Wolf M, Scheffer, Marten

“…Diversity is expected to increase the resilience of ecosystems. Nevertheless, highly diverse ecosystems have collapsed, as did Lake Victoria's ecosystem of…”
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A global climate niche for giant trees by Scheffer, Marten, Xu, Chi, Hantson, Stijn, Holmgren, Milena, Los, Sietse O., Nes, Egbert H.

“…Rainforests are among the most charismatic as well as the most endangered ecosystems of the world. However, although the effects of climate change on tropical…”
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Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions by Hirota, Marina, Holmgren, Milena, Van Nes, Egbert H., Scheffer, Marten

“…It has been suggested that tropical forest and savanna could represent alternative stable states, implying critical transitions at tipping points in response…”
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Coral reefs in the Anthropocene by Hughes, Terry P., Barnes, Michele L., Bellwood, David R., Cinner, Joshua E., Cumming, Graeme S., Jackson, Jeremy B. C., Kleypas, Joanie, van de Leemput, Ingrid A., Lough, Janice M., Morrison, Tiffany H., Palumbi, Stephen R., van Nes, Egbert H., Scheffer, Marten

“…Coral reefs support immense biodiversity and provide important ecosystem services to many millions of people. Yet reefs are degrading rapidly in response to…”
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Generic Indicators of Ecological Resilience: Inferring the Chance of a Critical Transition by Scheffer, Marten, Carpenter, Stephen R, Dakos, Vasilis, van Nes, Egbert H

“…Ecological resilience is the ability of a system to persist in the face of perturbations. Although resilience has been a highly influential concept, its…”
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Effects of food web complexity on top-down control in tropical lakes by Pujoni, Diego Guimarães Florencio, Maia-Barbosa, Paulina Maria, Barbosa, Francisco Antônio Rodrigues, Fragoso Jr, Carlos Ruberto, van Nes, Egbert H.

“…•Omnivory and food chain length may affect top-down control in (tropical) lakes.•Omnivory increases the planktivorous fish carrying capacity and its top-down…”
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Forest-rainfall cascades buffer against drought across the Amazon by Staal, Arie, Tuinenburg, Obbe A., Bosmans, Joyce H. C., Holmgren, Milena, van Nes, Egbert H., Scheffer, Marten, Zemp, Delphine Clara, Dekker, Stefan C.

“…Tree transpiration in the Amazon may enhance rainfall for downwind forests. Until now it has been unclear how this cascading effect plays out across the basin…”
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