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SUBMITTER: Clements CF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6459826 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clements Christopher F CF McCarthy Michael A MA Blanchard Julia L JL
Nature communications 20190411 1
Early warning signals (EWSs) offer the hope that patterns observed in data can predict the future states of ecological systems. While a large body of research identifies such signals prior to the collapse of populations, the prediction that such signals should also be present before a system's recovery has thus far been overlooked. We assess whether EWSs are present prior to the recovery of overexploited marine systems using a trait-based ecological model and analysis of real-world fisheries dat ...[more]