RESILIENCE EXPERIMENT (IT IS BECOMING MORE APPARENT)

We want a case study of distributed plots.

We want to make the methodology

easy. We want trends in abundance, to avoid dead matter.

We want to examine the potential

of species in the recovery treatment.

Researchers call for the need

for detecting critical indicator levels of a regime

shift: global initiatives. The vulnerability

of thorns. A measure of palatability. Randomization tests

of the exclosure period. Grazing intensities.

Lateral spread radiating from a functional

group or even disappearing entirely.

The primary producer demands further attention.

Future studies consist of only three tree species.

But it is becoming apparent that richness

alone may not be sufficient.

V. Chillo, M. Anand, and R.A. Ojeda, “Assessing the Use of Functional Diversity as a Measure of Ecological Resilience in Arid Rangelands,” Ecosystems 14, no. 7 (2011): 1168–77.