This article reviews the variety of definitions proposed for “resilience” within sustainability
science and suggests a typology according to the specific degree of normativity. There is a …

▪ Abstract Deer have expanded their range and increased dramatically in abundance
worldwide in recent decades. They inflict major economic losses in forestry, agriculture, and …

During the Anthropocene and other eras of rapidly changing climates, rates of change of
ecological systems can be described as fast, slow or abrupt. Fast ecological responses …

The sustainability of regional development can be usefully explored through several
different lenses. In situations in which uncertainties and change are key features of the …

Globally, anomalously warm temperature events have increased by 34% in frequency and
17% in duration from 1925 to 2016 with potentially major impacts on coastal ecosystems …

Coastal oceans are particularly affected by rapid and extreme environmental changes with
dramatic consequences for the entire ecosystem. Seagrasses are key ecosystem …

Vulnerability is registered not by exposure to hazards alone; it also resides in the resilience
of the system experiencing the hazard. Resilience (the capacity of a system to absorb …

This review provides an integrated synthesis with timelines and evaluations of ecological
responses to eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the USA. Analyses of …

The state of knowledge on the science and management of freshwater recreational fisheries
is reviewed, with the objective of integrating insights from disparate fields such as fisheries …

Summary 1 A fundamental goal of ecological network research is to understand how the
complexity observed in nature can persist and how this affects ecosystem functioning. This is …