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Ecological threshold
Ecological threshold is the point at which a relatively small change or disturbance in external conditions causes a rapid change in an ecosystem. When an ecological threshold has been passed, the ecosystem may no longer be able to return to its state by means of its inherent resilience. Crossing an ecological threshold often leads to rapid change of ecosystem health. Ecological threshold represent a non-linearity of the responses in ecological or biological systems to pressures caused by human activities or natural processes.[1] Critical load, regime shift, critical transition and tipping point are examples of other closely related terms.
- ^ Groffman, Peter M.; Baron, Jill S.; Blett, Tamara; Gold, Arthur J.; Goodman, Iris; Gunderson, Lance H.; Levinson, Barbara M.; Palmer, Margaret A.; Paerl, Hans W.; Peterson, Garry D.; Poff, N. LeRoy; Rejeski, David W.; Reynolds, James F.; Turner, Monica G.; Weathers, Kathleen C.; Wiens, John (2006-01-30). "Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application?" (PDF). Ecosystems. 9 (1). Springer Nature: 1–13. doi:10.1007/s10021-003-0142-z. ISSN 1432-9840. S2CID 11506432.
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