Futter, Martyn
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2017Peer reviewedOpen access
Spears, Bryan M.; Futter, Martyn N.; Jeppesen, Erik; Huser, Brian J.; Ives, Stephen; Davidson, Thomas A.; Adrian, Rita; Angeler, David G.; Burthe, Sarah J.; Carvalho, Laurence; Daunt, Francis; Gsell, Alena S.; Hessen, Dag O.; Janssen, Annette B. G.; Mackay, Eleanor B.; May, Linda; Moorhouse, Heather; Olsen, Saara; Sondergaard, Martin; Woods, Helen;
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There is a pressing need to apply stability and resilience theory to environmental management to restore degraded ecosystems effectively and to mitigate the effects of impending environmental change. Lakes represent excellent model case studies in this respect and have been used widely to demonstrate theories of ecological stability and resilience that are needed to underpin preventative management approaches. However, we argue that this approach is not yet fully developed because the pursuit of empirical evidence to underpin such theoretically grounded management continues in the absence of an objective probability framework. This has blurred the lines between intuitive logic (based on the elementary principles of probability) and extensional logic (based on assumption and belief) in this field.
Nature ecology & evolution
2017, Volume: 1, number: 11, pages: 1616-1624
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
SDG6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
SDG13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Ecology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0333-1
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/93353