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| Title |
Catastrophic Collapse Can Occur without Early Warning: Examples of Silent Catastrophes in Structured Ecological Models
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0062033 |
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| Authors |
Maarten C. Boerlijst, Thomas Oudman, André M. de Roos |
| Abstract |
Catastrophic and sudden collapses of ecosystems are sometimes preceded by early warning signals that potentially could be used to predict and prevent a forthcoming catastrophe. Universality of these early warning signals has been proposed, but no formal proof has been provided. Here, we show that in relatively simple ecological models the most commonly used early warning signals for a catastrophic collapse can be silent. We underpin the mathematical reason for this phenomenon, which involves the direction of the eigenvectors of the system. Our results demonstrate that claims on the universality of early warning signals are not correct, and that catastrophic collapses can occur without prior warning. In order to correctly predict a collapse and determine whether early warning signals precede the collapse, detailed knowledge of the mathematical structure of the approaching bifurcation is necessary. Unfortunately, such knowledge is often only obtained after the collapse has already occurred. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2 | 50% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 169 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | <1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 152 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 46 | 27% |
| Researcher | 37 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 8% |
| Professor | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 24 | 14% |
| Unknown | 24 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 45 | 27% |
| Environmental Science | 40 | 24% |
| Engineering | 10 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 25 | 15% |
| Unknown | 34 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 April 2015.
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