Measuring resilience is essential to understand it

Stuart L Pimm (1) , Ian Donohue (2) , José Montoya (3) , Michel Loreau (3)

1 Nicholas School of the Environment
2 School of Natural Sciences
3 SETE - Station d'écologie théorique et expérimentale

The terms sustainability, resilience and others group under the heading of ‘stability’. Their ubiquity speaks to a vital need to characterize changes in complex social and environmental systems. In a bewildering array of terms, practical measurements are essential to permit comparisons and so untangle underlying relationships.

Mots clés: Conservation biology; Ecology; Sustainability

Domaines: Biodiversité et Ecologie; Sciences de l'environnement

Stuart L Pimm, Ian Donohue, José Montoya, Michel Loreau. Measuring resilience is essential to understand it. Nature Sustainability, 2019, 2 (10), pp.895-897. ⟨10.1038/s41893-019-0399-7⟩. ⟨hal-02399714⟩