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Investigating Sub-Tropical Community Resistance And Resilience To Climate Disturbance, Ross E. Boucek
Investigating Sub-Tropical Community Resistance And Resilience To Climate Disturbance, Ross E. Boucek
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Changes in global climate will likely increase climate variability. In turn, changes in climate variability have begun to alter the frequency, intensity, and timing of climate disturbances. Continued changes in the climate disturbance regime experienced by natural systems will undoubtedly affect ecological processes at every hierarchical scale. Thus, in order to predict the dynamics of ecological systems in the future, we must develop a more mechanistic understanding of how and in what ways climate disturbance affects natural systems. In South Florida, two climate disturbances recently affected the region, a severe cold spell in 2010, and a drought in 2011. Importantly, …