supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0604804);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA20020402);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant NO.42171079)。
Critical transitions in ecosystems may imply risks of unexpected collapse under climate changes,especially vegetation often responds sensitively to climate change.The type of vegetation ecosystem states could present ...
Primary funding was provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation,with additional support to K.A.Selkoe from National Science Founda-tion(BioOCE Award 1260169).
As climatic changes and human uses intensify,resource managers and other decision makers are taking actions to either avoid or respond to ecosystem tipping points,or dramatic shifts in structure and function that are ...