title: What do you mean, 'resilient'?
abstract: In a world beset by environmental disasters and anthropogenic disturbances, resilience might be the key to the persistence of natural systems. Yet, the 'measurement' of resilience is hampered by the multiple (and often conflicting) processes that yield the response of systems to insult. We recommend the simultaneous consideration of 'resistance' and 'recovery' as measurable components that together represent resilience.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK. Electronic address: d.j.hodgson@exeter.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.
authors.forename: Jenni L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hosken
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004190:Disasters; D017753:Ecosystem
keywords: elasticity; latitude; precariousness; recovery; resilience; resistance