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Surrogates for Resilience of Social–Ecological Systems

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This Special Feature developed at Resilience Alliance meetings in Madison, Wisconsin, USA and Marenco, Costa Rica in 2002, with sponsorship of the J. S. MacDonnell Foundation. We thank the participants in those meetings, especially the authors of the Special Feature papers and Marty Anderies, Doug Beard, Buz Brock, Thomas Elmquist, Marco Janssen, Don Ludwig, Jon Norberg, Yarden Oren, Allyson Quinlan, Brian Walker and Colleen Webb.

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  1. Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA

    Stephen R. Carpenter

  2. Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA

    Frances Westley

  3. Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA

    Monica G. Turner

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Carpenter, S.R., Westley, F. & Turner, M.G. Surrogates for Resilience of Social–Ecological Systems. Ecosystems 8, 941–944 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-005-0170-y

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