The Anthropocene presents formidable threats to freshwater ecosystems. Lakes are
especially vulnerable and important at the same time. They cover only a small area …

Anthropogenic stressors affect the ecosystems upon which humanity relies. In some cases
when resilience is exceeded, relatively small linear changes in stressors can cause …

The biosphere is under unprecedented pressure, reflected in rapid changes in our global
ecological, social, technological and economic systems. In many cases, ecological and …

Resilience has experienced exponential growth in scholarship and practice over the past
several decades. We conduct a meta-analysis of recent review papers on resilience from all …

Conservation biology and applied ecology increasingly recognize that natural resource
management is both an outcome and a driver of social, economic, and ecological dynamics …

Ecological restoration is a global priority that holds great potential for benefiting natural
ecosystems, but restoration outcomes are notoriously unpredictable. Resolving this …

This review provides an overview and integration of the use of resilience concepts to guide
natural resources management actions. We emphasize ecosystems and landscapes and …

Quantitative approaches to measure and assess resilience are needed to bridge gaps
between science, policy and management. In this paper, we revisit definitions of resilience …

Social-ecological system (SES) resilience involves the large information and complex
relationships of nature, society and economy. To promote multi-disciplinary integration to …

Understanding the capacity of ecosystems to adapt and to cope (ie adaptive capacity) with
change is crucial to their management. However, definitions of adaptive capacity are often …