Time Scales, Regime Shifts, and Multiple Stable States in Ecology

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Time Scales, Regime Shifts, and Multiple Stable States in Ecology

Colloquium

May 10, 2012
3:30 PM
Noyce Conference Room

Alan Hastings (Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis)

Abstract. I will start with a detailed discussion of the dynamics of a coral-algal-grazer model that exhibits multiple stable states and regime shifts. This will lead naturally to a discussion of the dynamics of regime shifts in ecology and time scales in ecology. I will focus on some of the underlying mathematical issues concerning the form of regime shifts. I will finish with issues of detecting early warning signs of potential regime shifts.

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Jennifer Dunne

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