Ecosystem antifragility: beyond integrity and resilience

We review the concept of ecosystem resilience in its relation to ecosystem integrity from an information theory approach. We summarize the literature on the subject identifying three main narratives: ecosystem properties that enable them to be more resilient; ecosystem response to perturbations; and...

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Published inPeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 8; p. e8533
Main Authors Equihua, Miguel, Espinosa Aldama, Mariana, Gershenson, Carlos, López-Corona, Oliver, Munguía, Mariana, Pérez-Maqueo, Octavio, Ramírez-Carrillo, Elvia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States PeerJ. Ltd 11.02.2020
PeerJ, Inc
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Subjects
Analysis
Antifragility
Biodiversity
Capital assets
Complexity
Ecology
Ecosystem integrity
Ecosystem Science
Ecosystems
Equilibrium
Information theory
Mathematical Biology
Narratives
Resilience
Retirement benefits
Germany
Antifragility
Ecosystem integrity
Complexity
Resilience
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Summary:We review the concept of ecosystem resilience in its relation to ecosystem integrity from an information theory approach. We summarize the literature on the subject identifying three main narratives: ecosystem properties that enable them to be more resilient; ecosystem response to perturbations; and complexity. We also include original ideas with theoretical and quantitative developments with application examples. The main contribution is a new way to rethink resilience, that is mathematically formal and easy to evaluate heuristically in real-world applications: ecosystem antifragility. An ecosystem is antifragile if it benefits from environmental variability. Antifragility therefore goes beyond robustness or resilience because while resilient/robust systems are merely perturbation-resistant, antifragile structures not only withstand stress but also benefit from it.
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ISSN:2167-8359
2167-8359
DOI:10.7717/peerj.8533