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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. ecology
  3. ecological processes and phenomena
  4. ecological resilience
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. ecology
  3. ecological processes and phenomena
  4. ecological resilience

Preferred term

ecological resilience

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The level of disturbance that an ecosystem can undergo without crossing a threshold to a situation with different structure or outputs. Resilience depends on ecological dynamics as well as the organizational and institutional capacity to understand, manage, and respond to these dynamics.

    Source: US Environmental Protection Agency

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • ecosystem resilience

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/273791

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